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By By Nidhi Gupta,founder & CEO, Portcast 5 October 2026 More often than not, a forwarder closes a clean month and still watches the margins come in light. Most forwarders …

By Nils Roche 2 October 2026 Maersk has lost both its partners on Asia–East Coast South America in three months, and what looks like a local reshuffle is the alliance …

By Alexander Whiteman 2 October 2026 Colombo’s increasing popularity as a transhipment hub is heaping cost pressure onto forwarders and shippers on the India-US tradelane, the Sri Lankan gateway’s newfound …

By Gavin van Marle 2 October 2026 The beginning of China’s Golden Week national holiday yesterday appears to have coincided with a plateauing of the strong pricing peak that persisted …

By Lawrence Lim 2 October 2026 Hapag-Lloyd duly raised its 2026 profit guidance this week – a palatable appetiser before Mærsk, its partner in the Gemini shipping alliance, does the …

By Charlotte Goldstone 2 October 2026 Athens provided the backdrop for Aviation Connect 2026 this week, with sunshine, warm temperatures, and the occasional rain shower – a fittingly changeable setting …

By Adam Clermont 2 October 2026 Later this month, finance ministers from APEC’s 21 member economies meet in Hong Kong, the first time the city has hosted the gathering. On …

By Keith Mwanalushi 2 October 2026 Flydubai has had an interesting week – but the drama on the Tel Aviv flight rather overshadowed its launch of a freighter service in …

By Gavin van Marle 1 October 2026 CMA CGM announced today that it has completed its $1.4bn takeover of FedEx’s contract logistics business, FedEx Supply Chain, which is set to …

By Gavin van Marle 1 October 2026 October will see almost all global ocean carriers make a tentative return to Suez transits on Asia-Europe sailings, after revised pro forma shipping …

By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 1 October 2026 US consumers will spend 6.7% more online this shopping season than last year, as the mix of goods shifts and the share …

By Alessandro Pasetti 1 October 2026 I have talked to quite a few investors and trade sources in recent weeks, looking for consensus about DSV’s existential crisis as well as …

By Alison Koo 1 October 2026 Wenzhou’s launch of a direct container shipping service to West Africa highlights a broader transformation under way across China’s port network, as improved infrastructure …

By Alexander Whiteman 1 October 2026 Thai Airways has landed something of a reprieve from an embargo on cargo services, after concerns over the country’s export sector prompted last-minute government …

By Alex Lennane 1 October 2026 In a move that could be a blow to air cargo booking platforms, WiseTech Global expects more forwarders to book airfreight directly within CargoWise, …

By Charlotte Goldstone in Athens 1 October 2026 Airfreight is becoming an increasingly important contingency option for shippers, but new rules on direct air waybills could cause complexity, according to …

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By Alexander Whiteman 30 September 2026 Hapag-Lloyd’s hopes of acquiring Zim appear to be lying in tatters after regulators reportedly terminated a review of the deal, declaring the proposed framework …

By Gavin van Marle 30 September 2026 The closure of the Hormuz Straits, now approaching its eighth month, has been predicted to lead to the permanent loss transhipment traffic for …

By Alex Lennane 30 September 2026 CH Robinson has strongly refuted allegations in a racketeering lawsuit brought by six US trucking companies, and confirmed that carriers within the Super Ego …

By Adam Clermont 30 September 2026 In case you missed it: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can now void an importer of record (IOR) number the moment it finds …

By Charlotte Goldstone in Athens 30 September 2026 Data-centre investment is reshaping trade flows and putting new pressure on the industry’s capacity balance, with hi-tech now the main engine of …

By Keith Mwanalushi 30 September 2026 Nairobi appears to be moving beyond its traditional role as a flower-export gateway, with international cargo operators seeing new two-way flows emerging across perishables, …

By Charlotte Goldstone 30 September 2026 A profitable quote does not always become a profitable shipment. In this episode of The Loadstar Podcast, host Charlotte Goldstone asks where freight forwarders …

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By Gavin van Marle 29 September 2026 The strong, elongated container shipping peak season this year has led Hapag-Lloyd to add more than $1bn to its 2026 profit outlook. According …

By [email protected] 29 September 2026 German authorities are reportedly set to block Cosco’s acquisition of Hamburg logistics outfit Konrad Zippel, following pressure from security agencies that the deal would …

By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 29 September 2026 Cargo airlines operating into Mumbai appear caught up in a double-whammy: capacity restrictions at the old airport in Mumbai City, due to …

By Alison Koo 29 September 2026 Transpacific rates are set to fall – even as China and the US yesterday agreed to mutually cut tariffs on $30bn worth of goods, …

By Charlotte Goldstone in Athens 29 September 2026 Air cargo’s next digital challenge is not simply digitising more processes, but connecting fragmented data across the supply chain, delegates at Aviation …

By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 29 September 2026 While the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been processing record volumes through the summer, tonnages have slumped at …

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By Lawrence Lim 29 September 2026 Where we stand: US retail spending has held up into peak season, but US import demand appears to be holding rather than accelerating. In …

By Adam Clermont 29 September 2026 In a nutshell: The 66-page complaint six carriers filed in East Texas pleads every theory RICO offers, plus a false advertising claim for good …

By Alex Lennane 28 September 2026 The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has appointed former Airlink president and chief executive Steve Smith as its new chief executive. He succeeds Brandon Fried, who …

By Gavin van Marle 28 September 2026 Gemini Cooperation partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will next month reroute their Asia-Med Loop 1 to transit the Suez Canal and Red Sea in …

By Bangladesh correspondent 28 September 2026 Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is seeking a private investor to develop a second inland container terminal at Pangaon, offering 22 acres beside the existing …

By Gavin van Marle 28 September 2026 Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, has started shipping BYD electric vehicles in frame containers to Brazil from Zhuhai Port, in China’s Guangdong province. The …

By Adam Clermont 28 September 2026 Quick update: Washington and Beijing have pushed their Busan truce, including the suspension of port fees on each other’s ships, to 10 January. That …

By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 28 September 2026 Vessel space demand from China to India continues to be strong, keeping container freight rates on the intra-Asia tradelane elevated. For example, …

By Ruben Huber 28 September 2026 Back in Egypt again for the fifth time in two years, slowly becoming an expert on Cairo and starting to train local Uber drivers …

By Alex Lennane 28 September 2026 CH Robinson and Total Quality Logistics (TQL) face a racketeering lawsuit from six US trucking companies that accuse them of winning freight with allegedly …

By Alessandro Pasetti 28 September 2026 Casual observers shared plenty of insight on social media earlier this month about AP Møller-Mærsk’s (APMM) multi-year strategy as a “global integrator of container …

A surge in vessel delays, driven by typhoons and port disruption in Asia, has left 8.5% of the global container fleet effectively unavailable. New analysis from Sea-Intelligence suggests this equates …

By Adam Clermont 28 September 2026 Recap: the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has made permanent the head of the office that tests merger economics, eight weeks before opening comments on …

By Charlotte Goldstone 27 September 2026 Airfreight markets are facing constant disruption, from shifting ecommerce flows and changing rates to tight capacity and growing uncertainty across major trade lanes. Tristan …

By Charlotte Goldstone 27 September 2026 What’s keeping Transpacific freight rates elevated as the peak season approaches? This week, Gavin van Marle joins us to discuss the latest rate movements, …

By Gavin van Marle 25 September 2026 With the last sailings before China’s Golden Week begins on 1 October, container spot rates on the transpacific trades finally began to tail …

By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 25 September 2026 Container freight rates on the India-Middle East trade have continued to climb, as ports in the conflict-affected region grapple with operational challenges. …