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AfCFTA Seals $3.1 Billion Pact to Digitise African Customs
The African Continental Free Trade Area has signed a 20-year, $3.1 billion concession with Bergmans Security to deploy d...
Aviation Grapples with Cross-Border Parts Verification as Supply Chain Complexity Grows
As aircraft parts pass through multiple jurisdictions, procurement teams are adopting new due-diligence frameworks to cu...
Cape Verde Deploys New Ferry for Brava-Fogo Route, Ensuring Five Weekly Crossings and Emergency Cover
The vessel 'Djabraba' will provide regular passenger and cargo services between the islands of Brava and Fogo, with nigh...
Germany Lifts Sunday Truck Ban for Key States to Counter Rhine Shipping Crisis
Rhineland-Palatinate, NRW, Saarland and Lower Saxony are temporarily exempting certain haulage from Sunday and holiday d...
Germany Lifts Sunday Truck Ban as Rhine Levels Drop; Industry Cheers, Green Groups Fume
Germany is suspending its Sunday and holiday truck driving ban in several states to offset barge shipping paralysis caus...
Cargo Crisis on the Rhine: German States Lift Sunday Truck Ban as Water Levels Plunge
As record low water chokes inland shipping, several German states temporarily waive the Sunday driving ban for trucks to...
Haikou Whistleblower Exposes Dangerous Cargo Misdeclaration Racket, Port Safety Probe Launched
A Haikou port official reveals multiple containers of misdeclared hazardous chemicals and batteries, alleging police ina...
30 Drivers, 49 Vehicles Sidelined in North America Truck Enforcement Sweeps
Multi-agency operations across five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces put dozens of commercial drivers and vehicles...
U.S. Container Imports to Slide After Early Peak Season, But Holiday Stocks Are Secure
U.S. container imports are poised to fall steadily through year-end after an early peak season driven by tariff fears an...
U.S. rail carloads slip 0.4% as intermodal surges 4.8% in early August
Weekly AAR data shows diverging freight trends: intermodal volumes climbed nearly 5% year-over-year while total carloads...
U.S. Rail Carloads Dip 0.4% as Intermodal Jumps 4.8% in Latest Week
Carloads slipped to 233,171, weighed by coal and auto parts, while intermodal containers hit 293,239. Year-to-date volum...
Schneider Electric’s New Supply Chain Chief on Cross-Functional Leadership and Last-Mile AI
Jackie Zhu, Schneider Electric’s new North America Supply Chain Officer, draws on two decades of cross-functional experi...
Mars and CVS Health to Receive NextGen Supply Chain Awards for AI and Automation Leadership
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference will honor Mars and CVS Health for transforming operations through artificial i...
Shipper Groups Urge STB to Reject Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger, Citing Insufficient Evidence and Competition Risks
Five chemical, fertilizer, and industrial transportation groups filed a joint motion arguing that the proposed transcont...
US Container Imports Set to Ebb as Front-Loaded Peak Season Fades
A pull-forward of freight ahead of tariff deadlines propelled early-year volumes, but imports are now projected to decli...
Temu and Shein Swamp Global Air Cargo with 88 Planeloads a Day
The two Chinese e-commerce giants ship around 9,000 tonnes of goods daily by air, pushing transpacific freight rates to ...
Germany’s Rhine River at Record Low: Berlin Readies Emergency Road Freight as Economic Toll Mounts
Water levels on Germany’s vital Rhine artery have plunged below historic lows, threatening chemical and steel giants. Ne...
Port of Koper Spent €6.4M on Diesel as Electrification Race Accelerates
Luka Koper’s fuel bill hit nearly €6.4 million last year (2 % of costs), driving a push to electrify cranes, vehicles an...
Matson’s China-U.S. Box Volumes Surge on Tariff Frontloading, Strong E-Commerce
Matson’s CEO says China services ran above capacity in July and will stay near full through peak season as shippers rush...
AI Hardware, Asia Boom Push Lufthansa Cargo Revenue Up 27%
Strong demand for server racks and semiconductor shipments from Asia, plus disruption at rival Middle Eastern carriers, ...
DHL Profit Jumps 30% as Heavy Air Freight Strategy Pays Off
DHL's Express division powered a 30% rise in operating profit on heavy air cargo, capacity tightness, and surcharges, dr...
Industry Urges Rhine Deepening as Low Water Cripples German Shipping
German industry and barge operators demand immediate action on Rhine low water, with a high-level summit in Bonn amid wa...
Cassandra Gaines Introduces BAVRA Standard to Improve Shipper Broker Vetting
Carrier Assure CEO Cassandra Gaines releases the BAVRA Standard, a 34-page framework to help shippers establish reasonab...
Why Automation Alone Won’t Fix Your Warehouse Throughput Problem
Even the most automated distribution centers lose productivity when workers can’t coordinate quickly. Industry observers...
Freight Rates Rise, but Full Recovery Remains Elusive Amid Supply-Side Shifts
Industry stakeholders see strong rate gains, yet a true demand-driven rebound is absent. Regulatory tightening and capac...
Freight Spending Surges 28% Despite Falling Shipments as Truck Capacity Tightens
The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index shows a shrinking supply of trucks drove shipper costs sharply higher in Q2 2026, ev...
Trucking Sector Rebounds as Supply–Demand Balance Tilts Toward Carriers
Publicly held trucking companies surprised Wall Street with better‑than‑expected quarterly earnings, signaling that a ma...
Semtex Drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport Sparks Urgent Calls for Drone Defense Overhaul
Authorities confirm a drone with Semtex and PETN was found near a Ukrainian freighter at Europe's key DHL hub. A second ...
Madagascar's Failed Cable Car Dream Exposes Deep Transport Infrastructure Gaps
A prestige cable car project collapsed amid political unrest in Antananarivo, highlighting structural flaws in Madagasca...
Inside Amazon’s BFI4: How 3,500 Workers and Robots Move 1 Million Packages a Day
A tour of Amazon’s Kent, Washington, warehouse shows how Hercules robots, semi-automated workstations and smart packagin...