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CSSC-controlled Guangzhou Shipyard International has signed a framework agreement with China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group for outsourced hull block construction as shipyards face rising orderbooks.
Read summary →A.P. Moller Capital has signed an agreement to buy 100% of Singapore-based feeder terminal operator Portek International from Mitsui & Co.
Read summary →Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and developer Crow Holdings have completed a 337,000-square-foot air cargo centre designed to handle five Boeing 747-400 aircraft at once.
Read summary →Aramex has opened a new office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to expand logistics support for businesses in the state and enhance cross-border shipping.
Read summary →BPA is pushing back against EU attempts to designate Felixstowe, London and Southampton as neighbouring container transhipment ports amid the question of whether shippers are rerouting cargo to avoid EU ETS charges, and says UK port volume growth is not due to such avoidance.
Read summary →Unseasonably low water on the Rhine is restricting container barge movements, shifting cargo toward already constrained rail and road networks while terminals in Antwerp and Rotterdam come under growing pressure.
Read summary →In the first seven months of the year, LATAM Cargo reported a 150% increase in pharmaceutical air cargo between Europe and Brazil compared with the same period in 2025, driven by demand for GLP-1-based medicines.
Read summary →Elevated import volumes have strained drayage capacity at US container gateways, with Houston handling record cargo volumes, and no easing is expected after the peak season.
Read summary →In a Kardinal survey conducted from 1 July to 8 September 2026, 35% of developers, CTOs and tech leads already use an AI agent daily in route-planning tool development, but 56% still cite the gap between planned routes and real operating conditions as the top challenge.
Read summary →Guangzhou Port has placed a 240 teu battery-electric container vessel into cross-border service between Nansha and Hong Kong, described as the Greater Bay Area's first zero-carbon container route.
Read summary →COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers' car-carrier business signed a 10-year contract of affreightment with DFSK's export arm, Chongqing Xiaokang Import & Export.
Read summary →Symbotic announced the acquisition of cellumation GmbH, the German creator of the software-driven celluveyor sortation technology.
Read summary →Congestion along West Africa's coast shows infrastructure that is poorly matched to the region's fast-growing container market, with questions raised about the level and direction of investment.
Read summary →Gemini Cooperation partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are set to relaunch their Far East–Middle East loop, with the Middle East call shifting from Jebel Ali to Khor Fakkan.
Read summary →A $336m loan agreement with China will fund expansion and modernisation of Bangladesh's Mongla port, including two container jetties and a cargo and delivery yard, while workers at Chittagong threaten an indefinite hunger strike over a deal handing a major terminal to DP World.
Read summary →Saudi Arabia's combined international air cargo capacity fell 33%, or 3,537 tonnes to 7,292 tonnes, over the three days before the report compared with the same 72-hour period a week earlier, according to Rotate data cited by The Loadstar, with the Riyadh airport shutdown and airspace risks cited as causes.
Read summary →Dubai-based Emarat Maritime has added six more tanker newbuildings, 74,000 dwt LR1 product carriers, to its China orderbook, with the first two scheduled for delivery in 2029 and the remaining four in 2030.
Read summary →Transpacific container freight rates are likely to remain higher than on Asia–Europe routes, as stronger US economic conditions support import demand while weaker European growth weighs on cargo volumes and freight rates.
Read summary →Malaysia's Lianson Fleet Group bought a 2013-built, 61,446 dwt Japanese ultramax bulker for $23m (RM93.9m), its third such vessel, continuing its expansion beyond offshore support vessels.
Read summary →FlyUs Aviation Group opened a San Juan office and was appointed to exclusively represent Air Canada's cargo operations in Puerto Rico, supporting three weekly freighter flights between San Juan and Toronto Pearson.
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