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Premium / No place to hide for container shipping investors as Q2 earnings calls loom

Comment: Clouds gathering

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Comment / The Loadstar leader: Tracking history may help rail's new golden age of M&A

Project 2025 author Kevin Roberts – the reported blueprint for Trump’s returning administration – has ...

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News / Bangladesh exporters face huge rise in box handling charges

Container handling costs are set to surge by as much as 81% for exports out ...

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News / Hydrogen-van plan scrapped – sustainable trucking takes another hit

Sustainable trucking is in disarray. High costs, insufficient investment and lack of a clear infrastructure ...

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News / Brazil has opportunities to grow – but must improve its logistics infrastructure

Brazil’s prospects under the Biden administration looked bright, as the US sought an alternative manufacturing ...

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News / New air cargo link-up boosts frustrated sub-continent RMG shippers

Bangladesh’s high-stakes apparel export trade, hobbled by Indian cross-border trade restrictions, seems to have found ...

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News / Charter market calming, but open tonnage still 'as rare as hens' teeth'

The charter market is beginning to slow as those seeking tonnage take a “patient and ...

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News / Mexican airlines face stiff US restrictions after 'breaching' ATA

Mexican carriers operating to the US are facing a flurry of paperwork and uncertainty after ...

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Premium / OceanX Radar: Cooling down – trade wars mean no trade

Comment: … no news on deals is bad news on wheels

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News in Brief Podcast | Week 29 | Overcapacity and tariff extension

In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte ...

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News / Green light for new European trade corridor to ease congestion 'long overdue'

Business leaders are responding positively to the EU initiative merging the Rhine-Alpine and the North ...

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News / Hede bucks e-commerce trend as it launches China-US express service

Despite the slump in Chinese e-commerce exports to the US, Hede Shipping, owned by Hebei ...

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Tradelanes / Tradelanes: Front-loading has put traditional intra-Asia Q3 peak in doubt

Intra-Asia rates have corrected this month, due to a combination of factors. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index ...

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Recommends / Canada and Mexico get cosy with trade plan to bypass US

Canada and Mexico are closing in on a scheme to bypass the US to reduce ...

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News / Front-loading frenzy has made traditional H2 peak season 'unlikely'

Demand on major deepsea and air tradelanes is expected to be going downhill for the ...

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News / Transpac GRIs fail to prop up under-pressure container spot freight rates

It was a relatively flat week for pricing on the major deepsea box shipping trades, ...

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News / MSC shopping spree for newbuilds continues, and Yang Ming joins in

MSC continues to consolidate its pole position in the carrier rankings, with orders for six ...

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News / Drayage 'bloodbath' as recessionary market forces more US hauliers out

Another US harbour trucking outfit has closed its doors – more will follow. After 38 years ...

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News / Normal seasonal patterns suspended – where is the air cargo being held?

Global airfreight rates have edged up this week, including on transpacific eastbound, as the US ...

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News / Tariffs driving regional supply chain shift opens avenues for automotive

Automotive opportunities are opening up for foreign countries from the move to regionalisation provoked by ...