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Shippers are seeking alternatives for inland container movements in the UK after rail services to key south-east terminals, including DP World London Gateway and Tilbury/Tilbury 2, were suspended.
Read summary →A TiL Group executive told TOC Americas in Cartagena that abrupt tariff announcements, rather than tariff levels, create costly cargo surges that terminals cannot absorb.
Read summary →Rotate has unveiled Rotate Compliance, an air cargo screening platform being developed with cargo teams at several major airlines and scheduled for general commercial availability in the first quarter of 2027.
Read summary →Australia's IFM has acquired Associated British Ports, the UK's largest port owner and operator, in a deal reportedly worth about £10bn.
Read summary →Sea-Intelligence data for August and September show MSC narrowly ahead of Gemini Cooperation on east-west trades, while Maersk was the most reliable individual carrier.
Read summary →A sharp rise in pure car and truck carrier orders, driven by Chinese vehicle exports and elevated charter earnings, is raising concerns that new capacity could exceed demand as European import restrictions threaten cargo growth.
Read summary →Andrei Nikitin was appointed deputy prime minister in place of Vitaly Savelyev and Dmitry Yadrov became transport minister; both set out priorities for transport infrastructure, digitalization and logistics.
Read summary →The company says its AI agents now support ocean and air freight quoting, ocean booking requests and customs document processing, with additional regional rollouts planned through early 2027.
Read summary →Blue Dart announced International Parcel Connect, a B2C cross-border parcel service initially for shipments from India to the United States, with eligible parcels weighing 50 g to 11 kg.
Read summary →IBA Insight data show the A350F with 115 firm orders from 14 disclosed customers, ahead of the Boeing 777-8F’s 89 orders from nine, as Airbus targets long-term cargo efficiency.
Read summary →The US Trade Representative requested that planned US port fees on China-linked vessels stay suspended through 9 January, with the initial suspension set to expire on 9 November.
Read summary →Sea-Intelligence analysis found record deployed capacity on transpacific and Asia-Europe trades during this year's Golden Week, as typhoon-related Asian port congestion produced double sailings that offset carriers' blank-sailing strategy.
Read summary →Shipbrokers identified the two 2011-built vessels as Bow Elm and Bow Lind.
Read summary →Navia announced the opening of a freight forwarding office in Johor Bahru, its second location in Malaysia and twelfth in APAC.
Read summary →Reuters reported on 23 October that a dispute between Boeing and supplier Vaero halted 777F freighter production for nearly two months and disrupted 767 output, including freighters and KC-46 tankers.
Read summary →Boeing has not built any 777 freighters for nearly two months because of a dispute with supplier Vaero over wing rib kits, Reuters reported, and production had not restarted after a late-September settlement.
Read summary →On 24 October 2026, drones attacked Ozon's logistics centre in Omsk, causing a fire; staff were evacuated, no casualties were reported, the warehouse temporarily suspended operations and some orders were cancelled.
Read summary →From 25 October 2026, Finnair Cargo plans a daily, year-round Helsinki–Bangkok–Melbourne cargo service with Airbus A350 aircraft, but will not initially accept temperature-sensitive shipments as through cargo.
Read summary →At the end of Q3 2026, the weighted average base rent for Class A warehouses in St Petersburg was RUB 9,680 per sq m per year, 3.8% below the Q1 2026 level.
Read summary →According to RZD Chief Engineer Valery Tanaev, the Digital Railway Station pilot at Chelyabinsk-Glavny is 92% ready for fully automatic operation.
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