CargoWise outage reignites debate over software quality, support and updates
WiseTech Global has attributed Tuesday’s CargoWise outage to a faulty data update, but the incident ...
In this week’s episode, The Loadstar team explores mounting pressure across shipping, logistics tech, and inland transport.
As talk of a return to the Suez Canal continues to swing back and forth, carriers, ports, and insurers are all weighing up the risks of and potential fallout from mass transits resuming. Gavin van Marle unpacks what a Suez comeback could mean for North European and Mediterranean ports.
Alex Lennane joins to take a deeper look at forwarders rethinking their reliance on CargoWise after its controversial pricing overhaul. Are there real alternatives – or is WiseTech’s grip on the market as tight as it seems?
The podcast also examines fresh hurdles facing Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s proposed rail merger, after regulators rejected their initial submission, and what that means for overland freight in the US.
Plus, updates on FedEx’s LTL spin-off, early signs of a “reckoning” for ocean carriers amid excess capacity, first glimpses of alliance networks for 2026, and the latest movements in ocean and air freight rates.
From software shockwaves to shifting trade routes, this episode connects the dots across a fast-changing logistics landscape.
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