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News in Brief Podcast | Week 30 | Mexican muddle; Santos sale; Kuehne's cash

In this week’s episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, the team recaps this week’s ...

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News / US intermodal players gear up to target cross-border rail trade with Mexico

US intermodal operators are beefing up their capabilities in the Mexico trade, where the domestic ...

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News / Path now clear for Cosco to join consortium to buy HPH port terminals

The expiry of yesterday’s 145-day deadline for exclusive negotiations between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and ...

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News / Vietnam needs more airfreight capacity as demand for exports grows

Vietnam’s airfreight sector could find itself losing out to hauliers if efforts are not made ...

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News / HMM pours cold water on president's push for Arctic box shipping

The seasonality and draught restrictions of Arctic shipping means it will be unprofitable to run ...

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People / Zubin Appoo returns to WiseTech Global as its new CEO

Australian freight tech provider WiseTech Global has appointed Zubin Appoo (above) as its new chief ...

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News / Top box lines locked out of Santos bid as Maersk loses appeal

Maersk’s appeal to Brazil’s judiciary that it ought to be allowed to bid for port ...

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News / BNSF hires Goldman Sachs to explore railroad merger opportunities

Takeover talks appear to be enveloping North American railroads, with the massive tie-up between Norfolk ...

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News / Forwarders expect surcharges as ocean spot rates continue to slide

Spot container freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades continued to soften this week, ...

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News / Air cargo: Tension along Asian supply chains as shippers await US decisions

“It’s really very quiet. Everybody is waiting for the final result.” And no, we’re not talking ...

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Premium / Conference call redux – Kuehne + Nagel and the uncertain uncertainties

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News / Trade is 'fundamentally changing' amid the global tangle of tariffs

“The fabric of trade is fundamentally changing” as global negotiations begin to cement, and the ...

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News / Orders for new box ships continue to arrive at shipyards, despite rate fears

Liner operators and tonnage providers continue to defy the downward pressure on freight rates with ...

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News / Mexico needs to modernise Customs to step up fight against organised crime

Mexico’s customs regime is in urgent need of modernisation, both for the sake of ensuring ...

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News / AI 'no silver bullet' to deal with potential chaos after de minimis ends

Those hoping AI will deal with the mass of declarations set to flood US customs ...

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News / Union Pacific stays silent on NS takeover – but praises move to cut red tape

Union Pacific would not be drawn on the state of negotiations surrounding its proposed acquisition ...

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News / Confusion in Mexican air cargo charter market from US curbs on carriers

UPDATED 25 JULY 09.52 GMT TO INCLUDE Eric Giangiordano of Stratagem Aviation COMMENT UPDATED 24 JULY ...

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News / 'Solid' half-year performance at K+N was offset by weakening US dollar

A steep drop in the value of the US dollar against the Swiss franc since ...

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News / US DoT under fire for failure to communicate with air cargo stakeholders

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has failed to properly communicate with air cargo stakeholders, ...

News / HMM staff oppose plan to relocate flag-carrier's HQ to Busan

Relocating South Korean shipping line HMM’s HQ to the port of Busan could bring $1bn ...

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News / South African ports handling more boxes, but challenges remain

Despite handling the highest throughput since 2017/18, South Africa’s ports last week continued beset by ...