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About 250 security workers represented by ILWU Local 26 may strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from Sunday, when the latest contract extension expires, with negotiations with the PMA continuing.
Read summary →XPO grew shipments almost 6% while Old Dominion and FedEx Freight shipped less, though its headline price growth slowed to 3.6%.
Read summary →Swedish shipowner Veritas Tankers has ordered up to six 13,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers from China’s Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment in a deal potentially worth $248m.
Read summary →A threatened walkout by about 250 security workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, initially expected Sunday, may be delayed until Wednesday, with 35,688 containers already waiting for rail service.
Read summary →Skyways Air Services Limited said it will subscribe to additional shares in Dubai-based Skyways SLS Cargo Services LLC for up to AED 1,203,840 to fund the subsidiary's working capital.
Read summary →According to NF Group, quality warehouse real estate transactions in Russia totaled 2.53 million sq m in July–September 2026, 4.1 times more than a year earlier.
Read summary →Dajin Heavy Industry said an option for a fourth 211,000 dwt newcastlemax bulker has expired, with Evalend Shipping linked to the decision not to exercise it.
Read summary →People intending to cross the Russian-Estonian border have accumulated at the Ivangorod crossing because of lengthy control procedures on the adjacent side.
Read summary →China Merchants-controlled Nanjing Tanker plans to invest up to RMB191.72m ($28.7m) in ten 4,000 dwt crude oil barges to serve refineries along the Yangtze River.
Read summary →More than 25 unions are staging strikes and demonstrations at 113 ports across 22 countries and territories under the slogan “Dockworkers do not work for war.”
Read summary →Soaring tanker freight rates are raising costs for oil majors, with Shell disclosing a $5.4bn non-cash increase in shipping lease liabilities for the third quarter.
Read summary →TransLogic, part of Swisslog Healthcare, and Matternet have agreed to connect hospital pneumatic tube networks with drone delivery, focusing in the first year on hospital networks in California, Florida and Arizona.
Read summary →The report covers two European shipping consolidation deals: Boluda agreed to acquire Samskip, while Contship is returning to the liner business through its acquisition of Tarros.
Read summary →The Panama-flagged 159,092 dwt Louise 1 was set ablaze after attackers in a small boat attached explosives directly to its hull 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, Oman.
Read summary →Owners of online stores on the Sber2B Online Sales platform can deliver orders to Kazakhstan through nearly 200 CDEK pickup points in 47 settlements.
Read summary →Dalian-based Hengli Heavy Industry secured orders for 276 ships between January and September, equal to 23.4% of global newbuilding business, according to shipbroker Banchero Costa.
Read summary →Infrastructure investor CVC DIF has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Spanish ship repair specialist Cernaval, located at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
Read summary →GMR Airports said Delhi and Hyderabad airports set record cargo volumes in Q2 and H1 FY27, while its cargo unit signed a FedEx express terminal licence at Delhi and Hyderabad Airport signed an MoU with Brussels Airport.
Read summary →AerCap has signed lease agreements with Turkish Airlines for two Boeing 777-300ERSF converted freighters, with delivery scheduled between March and September 2027.
Read summary →EEC Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics Daniyar Imanaliev and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Mpedi Magosi discussed trade facilitation, customs digitalization, rules of origin and transport corridors.
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