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Sea-Intelligence: Increased Service Instability

Since the pandemic, we have seen a severe escalation in liner service instability across major deep‑sea trades, caused by increases in blank sailings, services phasing in/out, vessels delayed into the following week, and ad‑hoc extra‑loaders. We measure the instability as the standard deviation of the number of weekly…

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Humor is good,’ Union Pacific CEO says of video rate threat

The chief executive of Union Pacific says he wasn’t serious when he threatened to raise rates for shippers that didn’t support UP’s merger with Norfolk Southern . Vena, who frequently peppers his public comments with joking asides, characterized the comment made to a shippers group as “a little humor” in a message to …

What the Transpacific boom means for operations

The route’s record earnings reflect scarce usable capacity more than strong demand, and that changes the risks facing carriers, ports and shippers. The transpacific has become the most lucrative major container trade in the world. This content is locked Select a CN Premium Subscription Package To Unlock The Content! R…

Hapag-Lloyd announces export gate-in restrictions at APMT Valencia

Hapag-Lloyd has announced temporary restrictions on export container deliveries at APM Terminals Valencia due to ongoing congestion at the Spanish terminal. Effective immediately, the export container acceptance window has been reduced from 14 days to nine days before a vessel’s estimated time of arrival. (function ()…

Why Evergreen’s Suez return matters for container supply

Evergreen’s first transits add little tonnage. Their importance lies in what they bring closer: the release of millions of TEU into a market already bracing for a wave of new ships. This content is locked Select a CN Premium Subscription Package To Unlock The Content! Remember Me Lost your password? Don't have an acco…

Teamsters say they’ve organized Amazon employees in Indiana; company demurs

The Teamsters are claiming victory for a group of “W-2” drivers at an Amazon facility in Indiana who sought representation by the union. But as with the entire Amazon-Teamsters relationship, it’s complicated. In its prepared statement announcing the “march” on the company to demand it bargain for a contract, the Teams…

SFL reports higher quarterly profit as charter backlog reaches US$5 billion

SFL Corporation reported net income of US$37.4 million for the third quarter of 2026, while its fixed-rate charter backlog reached approximately US$5 billion. Operating revenue remained broadly stable at US$201.6 million, compared with US$200.8 million in the second quarter. Net income increased from US$33.8 million, …

Mexico cargo thieves shift tactics as Q3 truck parking thefts surge

Cargo thieves in Mexico are increasingly targeting parked trucks, shifting operations toward the country’s industrial heartland and exploiting nighttime security vulnerabilities. “Now, in Mexico, you can’t move loads without a plan,” Luis Enrique Villatoro, president of the Mexico-based National Association of Vehicle…

Conrail tabs Wright as president and chief operating officer

Conrail has named John Wright its new president and chief operating officer, bringing aboard a freight rail veteran with decades of operating and executive experience. Wright most recently served as general manager of Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, a 600-employee switching and belt-line railroad based in Hammond, Ind. …

Explainer: How Africa’s ports are diverging

The same investors and the same Cape rerouting are reshaping both seaboards. West Africa is competing on efficiency, East Africa on geopolitics. This content is locked Select a CN Premium Subscription Package To Unlock The Content! Remember Me Lost your password? Don't have an account? Register The post Explainer: How…

ClassNK endorses CYTUR shipboard cybersecurity management platform

ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to CYTUR-SBOM, a cybersecurity management platform developed by CYTUR for shipboard computer-based systems. The platform allows shipping companies to centrally manage information about onboard hardware, software, firmware and system configurations…

US and Turkmenistan Explore New Gas Routes Across the Caspian

US and Turkmen diplomats focused on expanding trans-Caspian connectivity and promoting energy export diversification during annual consultations in Ashgabat. Turkmen officials are signaling a strong desire to improve trade ties with both South Asia and the West, while maintaining the country’s long-standing status as …

A Super El Niño Is About To Test Which Freight Enterprises Plan For Impact And Which Only React

For most enterprises the first sign of a winter storm is still a broad, countrywide warning, the kind that tells a leadership team something is coming but says nothing about which lanes will fail, which distribution centers sit in the path, or which customer commitments are about to slip, and in a season shaping up to…

STB orders Union Pacific to make alleged rate hike threat video public

The Surface Transportation Board has ordered Union Pacific to make public a recording of Chief Executive Jim Vena’s remarks to a shipper conference, rejecting the railroad’s appeal in a dispute over whether he threatened customers who oppose its proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC ). The board’s Nov. 4…

India joins ISF Verify initiative for digital seafarer certification

India has joined the ISF Verify initiative, marking a significant step towards the wider adoption of digital seafarer certification across the global shipping industry. The agreement brings together India’s Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Lloyd’s R…

Behind The Capitol Christmas Tree Is A Kenworth, Four Drivers, And A 2,000 Mile Haul Only Trucking Can Pull Off

Every December a towering evergreen rises on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and gets called the People’s Tree, but before a child from its home state flips the switch to light it, the tree has to survive something most of the public never stops to consider, a journey of more than 2,000 miles from a remote national …

Harbinger raises $240M to expand EV platform beyond trucks

Harbinger raised $240 million in Series D funding to push its electric vehicle platform into energy storage, power generation, autonomy, and defense while it ramps production for a 2,000-truck order from FedEx . Tiger Global, Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, and Ridgeline co-led the round, the Garden Grove, Califor…

Humble Robotics raises $51M for cabless hauler pilots

Humble Robotics raised a $51 million Series A on Thursday to move its cabless, electric Humble Hauler into customer pilots on port drayage and warehouse runs. Obvious Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners. The raise brings the San Francisco startup’s tota…

Navios Partners triples quarterly profit and expands boxship backlog

Navios Maritime Partners reported a sharp rise in third-quarter earnings as the shipowner expanded its containership orderbook and secured additional long-term charter revenue. The company generated revenue of US$432 million during the third quarter of 2026, up 24.5% from US$346.9 million in the same period last year.…

Matson raises outlook as China volumes climb 16%

Matson reported stronger third-quarter results and raised its full-year outlook, supported by higher volumes and freight rates on its China services. The US carrier generated consolidated revenue of US$1.11 billion during the third quarter of 2026. This represents an increase of 26.5% from US$880.1 million in the same…

US Army enlists FedEx to modernize logistics at depots

FedEx Corp. has made clear that its future lies with premium B2B logistics services in key industrial verticals that require precision execution, such as automotive, healthcare, aerospace and data centers — not cheap last-mile delivery for online retailers. Add the defense sector to the list of industries the freight …

DHL Global Forwarding revenue jumps as ocean freight volumes rise

DHL Group reported higher revenue and operating profit in the third quarter of 2026, supported by growth in international freight forwarding, express deliveries and contract logistics. Group revenue increased by 12.6% to €22.7 billion, compared with €20.1 billion in the same period last year. Operating profit (EBIT) r…

Adif president follows Puente out: what’s left of Spain’s freight agenda?

Adif president Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña has resigned, a day after Transport Minister Óscar Puente quit over the deadly Urda high-speed crash. With Spain’s rail leadership upended just weeks before the 29 November snap election, what does the shake-up mean for freight, from Adif’s new 2026–2030 funding deal to the R…

ID Logistics and Terra Robotics plan humanoid robot pilot in Germany

ID Logistics has partnered with Terra Robotics to explore the use of humanoid robots in warehouse operations, with plans to launch its first pilot under real operating conditions in Germany within six months. The strategic partnership, which took effect on 1 November 2026, follows initial tests involving two humanoid …

Buying Trucks in a Buyer’s Market: What Owner-Operators Are Weighing Right Now

The scramble is over. Carriers and owner-operators who spent the past few years chasing build slots, paying inflated prices for used units and taking whatever iron they could find are now facing a different problem: plenty of options and very little margin for a bad decision. Lead times have stabilized, used pricing h…

Maersk raises profit outlook as earnings surge, but shares slide on expectations miss

A.P. Moller-Maersk raised its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday after higher freight rates drove a sharp increase in third-quarter profit, but its shares fell as the results and upgraded outlook disappointed investors. The stock dropped as much as 11.6% in Copenhagen trading. The Danish shipping and logistics gr…

Hapag-Lloyd unveils standalone AMX and ASX services linking Asia and Latin America

Hapag-Lloyd has announced two standalone container shipping services connecting Asia with Latin America, as the German carrier prepares to expand its network in 2027. The new AMX and ASX services will provide connections to Mexico and the East Coast of South America, respectively. Both will operate independently under…

Americold raises full-year outlook as warehouse performance improves

Americold Realty Trust raised its full-year earnings outlook Thursday after reporting higher third-quarter revenue and improved warehouse margins, while a one-time gain from its joint venture with EQT drove a sharp swing to profit. The temperature-controlled logistics company (NYSE: COLD ) based in Atlanta reported ne…

One-day French national strike to disrupt rail freight

A one-day general strike in France today over the rising cost of living is expected to bring some disruption to rail freight, according to one major operator. The strike is expected to be particularly widespread across the French rail network and also highly-localised in certain areas such as the Greater Paris region,…