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Maersk has lost both partners on the Asia–East Coast South America trade in three months, with Zim leaving its ASAS loop and Maersk and CMA CGM set to end the joint ASAS2/SEAS3 service.
Read summary →Ewals Cargo Care UK & IE has started taking delivery of 27 Volvo FH Aero trucks; five have arrived, with the rest expected at about five per week, bringing its UK fleet to around 90 vehicles.
Read summary →The start of China's Golden Week holiday coincided with a plateau in the strong pricing peak that had held on transpacific trades through September, with Xeneta's Peter Sand saying the market has reached its post-Hormuz crisis peak for 2026.
Read summary →DHL Group designated Morocco as one of its priority Geographic Tailwinds markets at Tangier Logistics Days 2026, citing nearshoring, shifting trade corridors and rising foreign direct investment in North Africa.
Read summary →Flydubai Cargo gained its own scheduled capacity for the first time with three Boeing 737-800 freighters, each carrying 23 tonnes of payload.
Read summary →Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has received a letter of intent to hire an I-class vessel for a 2028 project, with in-house project management, engineering, procurement and logistics support services in the scope.
Read summary →Hapag-Lloyd has raised its 2026 profit guidance, while its Gemini alliance partner Maersk is expected to report third-quarter results on 5 November, with quarterly EBITDA forecast at $5.4bn-$5.5bn.
Read summary →Mitsui OSK Lines, through its Singapore-based capesize operator MOL Ocean Bulk, signed a 25-year agreement with Vale International for two 210,000-dwt ore carriers featuring tri-fuel propulsion and scheduled to enter service in 2030.
Read summary →S&P Global's survey shows Russia's manufacturing PMI rose to 49.8 in September 2026 from 48.8 in August, still below the 50 no-change mark, as demand and output contracted while supplier delivery times lengthened.
Read summary →CMA CGM announced it completed the $1.4bn acquisition of FedEx’s contract logistics business FedEx Supply Chain, which will be folded into Ceva.
Read summary →Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Maritime Development has built a sizeable LR2 newbuilding programme at China's Jiangsu Haifeng Shipbuilding, with six firm orders and options for two more.
Read summary →Thai dry bulk owner Precious Shipping has fixed its recently delivered 63,500 dwt ultramax Rossarin Naree to Asyad Shipping for a 12-to-14-month index-linked charter starting October 1.
Read summary →Brokers report and Splash understands that Danish product tanker owner Torm is selling one of its oldest MRs, the 2008-built Torm Laura, to China's Seacon Shipping group for $22.5m; the 50,000 dwt scrubber-fitted vessel was built at Guangzhou Shipyard International.
Read summary →Rio Tinto is reported to have sold two 2013-built post-panamax bulkers en bloc for $42.8m, extending its owned-vessel sell-down beyond the newcastlemax fleet cleared this year.
Read summary →Revised schedules indicate Premier Alliance will send the 8,100 TEU One Continuity through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, with the vessel scheduled to depart Laem Chabang on 19 October, according to ONE.
Read summary →Kuehne+Nagel inaugurated a new technology centre in Chennai, India, to expand global engineering capabilities and accelerate digital logistics solutions.
Read summary →Belgian tanker owner Transpetrol Maritime Services sold the 2016-built aframax TP Affinity to Turkish buyers for $73m, while VesselsValue put the vessel’s market value at $80.72m.
Read summary →Bleckmann has added H&M Group as a client at its Crick site near Northampton, supporting logistics for several H&M Group brands from the UK warehouse after an early August go-live.
Read summary →Norden CEO Jan Rindbo says fragmented shipping markets require flexibility, and the Danish group is reducing tanker exposure because dry bulk offers a more attractive balance of risk and reward.
Read summary →China Merchants Energy Shipping said its dry bulk arm Hong Kong Ming Wah signed a 25-year transport agreement worth at least $2.8bn covering six very large ore carriers (VLOCs) in the emerging Simandou iron ore trade.
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