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Uzbekistan, 11 countries eye 2027 rail freight tariffs at Tariff Conference

Uzbekistan’s regional loan portfolio reaches $30.17B, accounting for 54.9%

CNBC: Stock market rocked as investors dump tech shares

CNBC reports: The Nasdaq Composite tumbled on Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed as traders moved out of key stocks related to artificial intelligence and into more defensive areas of the market. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.86% and closed at 25,437.00, posting its worst single-day performance…

Georgian Dream making move to ban main opposition parties

Critics say ruling party wants to “formalize one-party dictatorship.”

Azerbaijan and Turkey: Feud deepens over differences on Israel

Aliyev shows up Erdogan by skipping Turkic summit.

Uzbekistan Airports Handle 12.66m Passengers in Nine Months

Uzbekistan’s airports handled 12.66 million passengers in January-September 2026, up 13% year on year, while cargo and mail volumes rose 27%.

Newbuildings head for Asia-Latin America trades as volumes boom

Deliveries in the past week have been primarily deployed to services between the Far East and Latin America, highlighting growing volumes on these trades. Alphaliner noted that Imabari Shipbuilding completed the 13,932 teu ONE Symphony that will be deployed on ONE’s Asia-WCSA AX3 service the pan-Japanese carrier runs …

EXCLUSIVE: CargoWise customs message delays leave forwarders waiting for clearance

CargoWise users handling British and Japanese customs declarations suffered messaging delays on Wednesday, while the backlog had been fully cleared the following morning. Customer notifications seen by The Loadstar show WiseTech acknowledged an issue affecting message responses at 10.37am on 28 October. At 11.24, it c…

Full planes and fond farewells: air cargo does Miami

The weather was dreadful, the blueberries were under suspicion, and there were people dressed as rats outside the convention centre. Inside, however, air cargo was in a remarkably good mood. At TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami this week, the airlines had turned up in force, people wanted to do business, and anyone wit…

A platform to challenge ‘death by a thousand [D&D] invoices’

Congestion today could mean a fresh wave of disputed detention and demurrage (D&D) charges tomorrow, according to Sara Dandan, founder of FourOneOne. She told The Loadstar disruption at ports, including growing backlogs of containers at Los Angeles and Long Beach, was likely to translate into extra invoices in the com…

Carriers’ November rate hikes ‘doomed’ say analysts, as demand goes flat

Container spot freight rates on the transpacific eastbound trade, as recorded by Drewry, saw its steepest one-week fall since June 2025 after this year’s protracted peak season came to an end. Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) saw the spot rate on its Shanghai-Los Angeles decline 6% week on week, to end at $7,514 p…

‘Supply chain transformation’: Walmart and tech leader Symbotic disclose multi-billion agreement

PRESS RELEASE Walmart and Symbotic Expand Commercial Agreement to Support Supply Chain Transformation Building on more than a decade of collaboration, the companies will expand Symbotic automation across 25 U.S. regional distribution centers, while supporting opportunities across Walmart’s global supply chain WILMINGT…

LA/LB port complex braces for potential strike as labour contract expires

The US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face potential disruption from Sunday, as around 250 security workers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 26, prepare for strike action amid the ongoing labour dispute. The latest labour contract extension will expire at 5pm Pacific Ti…

XPO beats FedEx Freight & Old Dominion on volume growth – yet the bulls want more

Third-quarter update: XPO grew shipments almost 6% while Old Dominion and FedEx Freight shipped less, and its margins held up far better than the season usually allows, but its headline price growth slowed to 3.6%. Management puts that down to heavier, shorter-haul freight spilling over from a squeezed truckload marke…

250 watchmen, one picket line and half of America’s busiest port complex

A threatened Sunday walkout at Los Angeles and Long Beach may be delayed until Wednesday. The real danger is the reach of a small union local, with 35,688 containers already waiting for rail service. It takes a special kind of labor dispute to put half a port complex at risk with a workforce smaller than the guest lis…

Kazakhstan plans to commission Bakhty-Ayagoz railway line in 2027

Oil majors count the cost of runaway tanker rates

Soaring tanker freight rates are taking an increasingly heavy toll on the world’s oil majors, with the latest quarterly results revealing billions of dollars in additional shipping-related liabilities, squeezed refining margins and losses on trading positions. Shell has disclosed a $5.4bn non-cash increase in its ship…

European Parliament delegation visits Kazakhstan's Kuryk port

EBRD interested in sustainable transport linked to Middle Corridor - Tea Melikadze (Interview)

AI in logistics: where it’s real and where it’s noise

The most common misconception about AI in logistics is that it’s a magic button. If it were, the average operator’s day would look very different two years into the AI wave. But it doesn’t, and the portal-hopping, the chasing, the manual reconciling are mostly still there. That gap, between the noise about AI and the …

Georgia Dream making move to ban main opposition parties

Critics say ruling party wants to “formalize one-party dictatorship.”

Uzbekistan, Huawei discuss railway digitalization, traffic management

Scan Global Logistics to acquire US forwarder OIA Global

Danish freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is set to undertake its largest takeover, agreeing to acquire its US counterpart, OIA Global, in a deal expected to propel SGL into the ranks of the world’s 20 largest freight forwarders. “The acquisition of OIA Global marks a significant milestone for Scan Global L…

SFL adds $365m newbuild trio with $333m in charter cover

John Fredriksen-backed SFL Corporation has agreed to acquire three newbuildings for around $365m, securing long-term employment that will add at least $333m to its charter backlog. The New York-listed shipowner said the latest investment covers two 8,800 teu containerships scheduled for delivery in 2027 and a 93,000 c…

Analysis: CH Robinson spoils the bull party – tests remain

CH Robinson grew trucking volume, profit per load and its divisions’ operating margins again, yet its shares fell 11% to a 52-week low as investors weighed a small trucking miss, a jump in claims costs, a 2027 insurance renewal still under negotiation and – most notably – a $5.8bn bet on RXO. Forwarding, once seen by …

Jade Pacific Line the latest ‘new kid’ on the Asian short-haul block

Intra-Asia and Middle East short-haul trades are seen to be the most sought-after launch pad or entry point for aspiring container shipping entrepreneurs, as the industry becomes more competitive and challenging in an environment of ever-growing trade volatility. The ‘newest kid on the block’ is Jade Pacific Line (JPL…

Korean carrier Namsung returns to China for larger boxships

South Korea’s Namsung Shipping has been linked to another containership order in China, with brokers reporting a deal for two firm 7,100 teu vessels at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC), plus options for another pair. Shipbroking sources said the CSSC-owned yard had secured the contract, with deliveries …

Boluda to acquire Samskip: ‘a combination to lead European shortsea shipping’

Boluda Shipping is to acquire Samskip, yet another sign of consolidation in the shortsea shipping scene, the deal intended to create a network spanning Northern Europe, the Iberian Peninsula, Canary Islands and West Africa. Subject to regulatory approval, the deal is expected to complete on New Year’s Day, with the co…

The cold chain just got weaponised – logistics is exposed

A recent cyberattack on French supermarket refrigeration showed how remote controls can cause physical losses. The warning extends to cold stores, pharmaceutical warehouses and connected reefer fleets. At four in the morning, a delivery driver at an Intermarché in Gradignan, south-west France, found the cold room floo…

Vessel operators need to prepare for compliance as UK ETS looms

Shipping operators face a new compliance burden under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) – a £100 ($133) penalty for every missing allowance, adding financial pressure to a regime that will bring offshore vessels into scope from January. The requirements were outlined in a webinar hosted by Normec, which detaile…