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USA: Investment firm KKR & Co Inc has reached a definitive agreement to sell full-service wagon and intermodal equipment leasing company Infinity Transportation to Ares Infrastructure Equity and Ares Insurance Solutions funds for an enterprise value of approximately $2.9bn. Subject to customary closing conditions and …
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility and Lufthansa Technik Defense have agreed to develop jointly a train for cross-border military medical evacuations and civilian disaster response. Ahead of the Berlin Security Conference on November 3-4 the companies signed a memorandum of understanding to combine their decades of experience …
Lufthansa Cargo increased its base yields by 14% year on year in the third quarter, with strong demand and constrained capacity supporting pricing power, even as Middle Eastern airlines restored services. Overall yields rose 22%, as the carrier also successfully passed-on higher fuel costs. Adjusted EBIT more than tri…
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has doubled its full-year profit forecasts to $2bn, after more than quadrupling its net profit for the three months to September, amid a surge in rates and volumes. Over the second quarter, July-October for the Singapore-based carrier, net profit hit $1.3bn, compared with just $285m, a year…
Feeder containership charter rates could face downward pressure in 2027 as a wave of newbuild deliveries adds capacity to a market that has enjoyed strong earnings in 2026. Ship brokerage Intermodal research analyst Vasilis Fousekis noted that the time-charter rate for a 1,700 teu geared feeder had climbed to about $3…
Carriers are earning up to $1.30 per nautical mile on spot shipments from China to the US west coast, making the transpacific by far the most lucrative major container trade. Alphaliner’s latest analysis of spot freight revenue per nautical mile highlights the growing gap between the transpacific and other major trade…
There is no shortage of companies enjoying the AI boom – from airports to airlines and forwarders, the latest airfreight trend is filling both aircraft and coffers – but companies are now trying to find a way to prove their competitive edge in the market, whether by handling, network, or capacity. Expeditors yesterday…
Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has been linked to an order for four midsize containerships at Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding, marking a rare Japanese addition to its extensive newbuilding programme. Shipbuilding sources have identified the Singapore-based owner as the buyer of the quartet, which would take i…
The carrier is changing its primary eastern railroad after 18 years. It could reshape competition for domestic containers – but the volume CSX will lose remains undisclosed, and the UP–NS merger is still only a proposal. The biggest question in Schneider National’s new rail deal is also the one nobody has answered: ho…
Airport cargo infrastructure, as well as established ways of handling logistics, are being challenged by growing traffic. Airfreight capacity between Latin America and Canada is on the rise, courtesy of Air Canada (AC). Last month, the airline resumed service to Santiago and Lima, serving the Chilean capital with four…
Cameroon’s Gulfcam is pursuing plans to acquire six vessels to expand its coastal container shipping operations between Kribi and Douala, with a former Camship executive taking charge of the business. Bernard André Ndengue took over as chief executive on November 1, replacing Albert Roger Boum, who stepped down last m…
AUSTRIA: The coalition government has agreed the biggest restructuring of the state-owned ÖBB group in more than two decades, which is expected to cut costs by around €80m a year. The governing coalition of the conservative ÖVP, the social democratic SPÖ and the liberal NEOS agreed a plan to restructure the ÖBB group …
Stock value at record $206.23 intraday post-interims. Quarterly revenue up 42%, operating profit up 55%. A freight market delivering disruption, scarcity, and an AI infrastructure boom. Expeditors’ new chief executive has produced extraordinary results – however, the real test may be what happens when the market stops…
China’s property construction collapse has taken new building starts back to levels last seen in 2002, raising fresh questions about the long-term outlook for iron ore and coking coal demand, even as dry bulk owners become increasingly bullish about freight markets. Research published today by Ursa Shipbrokers reveals…
EUROPE: As the European rail landscape undergoes a period of profound transformation, the 2026 Railway Gazette Summit will be debating opportunities for building a resilient, competitive and sustainable railway sector. A detailed programme can be found here . Hosted by Railway Gazette International Executive Editor Ni…
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are no longer simply two countries linked by the Caspian Sea. They are increasingly shaping a shared vision of Eurasian connectivity - one that encompasses transport, energy, digital infrastructure, investment and regional diplomacy.
Singapore-listed Samudera Shipping Line has ordered two containerships in China, adding 6,000 teu of capacity to its newbuilding pipeline. The Indonesian-controlled carrier disclosed in a filing that it had signed shipbuilding contracts with Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding, both …
Taiwanese liner operator TS Lines has returned to Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) for another pair of containerships in a deal worth $246m. The Hong Kong-listed carrier has contracted two 11,000 teu vessels at the CSSC-controlled yard, together with China Shipbuilding Trading, paying $123m apiece. The ships are…
This week’s round-up of news from the global urban rail transport sector, from Railway Gazette International . On October 29 Wuhan opened two more sections of its metro network. The second phase of Line 12 between Gangduhuayuan and Moshuihu Park via the north and west of the city joins the two ends of Phase 1 opened o…
An exchange of signals confirming readiness to hold a trilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen is underway, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, The Caspian Post reports, citing Vesti.
INDIA: The 23.3 km Pune Metro Line 3 (Pink) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video link on November 3, with passenger services scheduled to start the following day. Developed by a joint venture of Siemens and Tata under a PPP agreement, the elevated line with 23 stations is intended to halve travel …
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGas have discussed expanding cooperation on transporting Kazakh oil through Azerbaijan.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that it destroyed two US-made Lucas drones near the port of Bandar Khamir in Hormozgan Province.
Kazakhstan's National Security Committee has dismantled an international drug trafficking network operating in the Caspian Sea, detaining five people and seizing nearly 109 kilograms of narcotics.
Union Pacific led the way on the North American containerised rail freight front over the three months to October, amid all the noise surrounding its pending acquisition of Norfolk Southern – but it was not alone in enjoying a bountiful summer. In general, North American intermodal operators benefited from an upswing …
Californians head for the polls today to decide on Charter Amendment PRT – a package of changes affecting Los Angeles’s airports, harbour, and Department of Water and Power, including new workforce disclosure requirements for leases at the port. The measure would require applicants for certain new Harbor Department le…
Growing ecommerce imports are reshaping Latin America’s air cargo networks, but have yet to resolve the region’s directional imbalance, with LATAM Cargo reporting that declining industrial shipments are offsetting some of the gains. Speaking to The Loadstar at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami last week, LATAM Cargo gr…