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Tajikistan’s football team planned to be “fully prepared” for the Asian Cup finals in Saudi Arabia in early 2027, coach Igor Angelovski of North Macedonia said months ago. But the Tajik footballers and the rest of the competition will have to wait. On Tuesday, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said the region’s t…
Turning to your biggest rival is rarely a sign of confidence. Yet Qatar's decision to sign long-term contracts for US supplies suggests the world's second-largest LNG exporter is increasingly concerned that instability in the Gulf could undermine its ambitious expansion plans.
Cove Kaz, the U.S. company developing two major tungsten deposits in Kazakhstan, has dropped its planned merger with Skyline Builders. It now plans to list its shares directly on a U.S. stock exchange in the first half of 2027. The change comes alongside a $32 million investment commitment intended to fund work on the…
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is warning port and terminal operators not to accept Russian diesel shipments heading toward the U.S. East Coast, arguing that the Trump administration’s authorization of...
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier from Australian ports for 90 days after inspectors discovered that crew work and rest records had been...
Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE) are warning customers that most of the cargo aboard the fire-damaged containership Espirito Santo Express is likely severely damaged or a total loss, more...
The former USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, departed Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia under tow on Monday, November 2, beginning its final journey to Mobile,...
Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy, ranks among the ten countries with the highest shares of consumer spending devoted to food in an international comparison. National figures show that food purchases continue to consume more than half of household consumer budgets despite rising cash incomes. According to int…
Kazakhstan has signed nine agreements with international partners in London to support the development of Alatau City in Almaty Region. The government estimates their combined investment potential at $1.3 billion. The agreements cover infrastructure construction and the development of education and healthcare. The agr…
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 …
After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said it would deploy maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones to bolster its eastern flank in the Black Sea.
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…
Kazakhstan has released a second Amur tiger into the wild as part of a program to restore the big cats to Central Asia. The male, named Amur, was freed in the Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve in southeastern Kazakhstan on October 31. The first tiger, a female named Umit, was released on July 31. According to Kazakhst…
All the mainline operators look set to resume Suez Canal transits for their Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean services. Taiwan’s Evergreen will join its Ocean Alliance partners in doing just that this week, while Yang Ming and South Korea’s HMM will join their Premier Alliance partners restarting Suez crossings…
A new road bypassing the Osinovsky Pass in eastern Kazakhstan opened to traffic on October 30 , offering motorists an alternative to a route frequently subject to winter travel restrictions. The bypass’s centerpiece is a 175-meter bridge across the Pikhtovka River, rising up to 45 meters above a gorge. The constructio…
Bread-and-butter deal-making, typically in the $250m-$1bn range, is surging. As you may have noticed Yesterday, DeskOne highlighted another M&A trifecta coming our way, right after ‘Merger Week Delight: Scan + OIA; Boluda + Samskip; Contship + Tarros‘, from a few days ago. And the deal struck down under by US-based AI…
Adani Ports raised its guidance on growth that increasingly comes from outside India; walked away from Associated British Ports; has reportedly made a binding offer of about $3.3bn for European terminal operator EVOS; and has set up a company in Oman as the Port of Salalah prepares to change operator – with the US cas…
Kazakhstan and China are discussing a joint investment fund with a preliminary target of up to $200 million to develop the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, the Kazakh government said on November 2. The route, also known as the Middle Corridor, connects China and Europe through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, …
Concern is rising among cargo owners and logistics providers that a strike at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex could turbo-charge the congestion there. About 250 watchmen, who perform security-related duties at container terminals at the twin ports, are poised to walk off the job at 5pm Pacific time on Wednesda…
Customs says it has certified $127.7 billion in unlawful emergency-duty refunds. Court records reveal an impressive processing system, a nearly $1 billion banking-information bottleneck and a legal divide that still leaves some importers waiting. The United States has built a remarkably efficient machine for returning…
Kazakhstan is considering two possible locations for its third nuclear power plant: the city of Kurchatov in the east of the country and an as-yet-unspecified site in western Kazakhstan. Almassadam Satkaliyev, chairman of the Atomic Energy Agency, outlined the options at a parliamentary committee meeting on November 2…
Kazakhstan resumed oil shipments through the Atyrau-Samara pipeline on November 3, a day after a drone attack on a Russian transit hub forced pumping to stop. The disruption again exposed the vulnerability of Kazakh exports to attacks on infrastructure beyond the country’s borders. The attack targeted facilities at th…
German shipowner Ernst Russ has sold another feeder containership, continuing to trim its older boxship exposure while building up its tanker and multipurpose fleet. The Frankfurt-listed company has confirmed the sale of the 2007-built, 803 teu Mirror, without disclosing the buyer and price. The vessel is expected to …
Greek feeder containership owner Contships Logistics has secured two new charter deals with CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express (ONE), adding contracted employment as it prepares for an extensive fleet renewal programme. The Nikolas Pateras-led company disclosed in its third-quarter earnings report that the Contship Sky…
PRESS RELEASE Ryder Acquires Efficiency Enterprises; Expands East Coast Fleet Network Nov 2, 2026 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time – Expands Ryder’s truck rental, leasing, and maintenance footprint across six strategic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Florida markets – Builds on Ryder’s growth strategy by increasing capacit…
A surprisingly wet October has brought much-needed relief to the Panama Canal, with Gatun Lake recovering to near its historical average despite warnings that a powerful El Niño could trigger another prolonged drought. New research from Ursa Shipbrokers, drawing on Panama Canal Authority data, shows Gatun Lake average…
A group of museum workers and other cultural heritage specialists from Central Asia are currently in the United States to study preservation practices and exchange experiences with counterparts at the Getty Museum and other American institutions. Experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbek…
London-listed Ferro-Alloy Resources (FAR) is developing a large vanadium deposit in Kazakhstan, as The Times of Central Asia reported in July, and operates a smaller concentrate-processing plant that recovers vanadium, molybdenum and nickel from purchased concentrates. The project could supply growing markets for vana…
The global shipping industry is ordering alternative-fuel vessels faster than ports can develop the infrastructure needed to fuel them, according to a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR), highlighting a...