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A decline in fuel use in China’s industrial sector has led to a 3.1% decline in carbon dioxide emissions in the third quarter of the year, the Finnish climate outlet Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air has reported, as cited by Reuters. The lower emissions from the world’s largest generator of CO2 resulted fro…
Azerbaijan will be represented by two athletes at the International Super Sprint Regatta in kayaking and canoeing, scheduled to take place in Batumi, Georgia, on November 7.
ČD Cargo has rejected the “simplistic conclusion that rail cannot compete with road”, after shippers interviewed on primetime Czech television said they had switched to trucks on cost and speed. Rail, the operator says, “can offer a competitive solution in terms of price, transport capacity and reliability”, for both …
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Armed Forces carried out overnight drone attacks targeting energy facilities and naval vessels in regions including Kyiv and Odessa.
Time is ticking for the German national rail freight operator DB Cargo. It needs to implement its restructuring programme by 31 December 2026 under a deal with the European Commission. If the operator fails to do so, it could be in serious trouble. The goal is to break even financially. The DB Cargo case in short DB C…
Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Switzerland exceeded $605.9 million in January–September 2026, marking a 22.6% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year. According to the State Customs Committee, Switzerland accounted for...
The price of Azerbaijan's Azeri Light crude oil on a CIF basis at Italy's Augusta port increased by $0.03, or 0.03%, compared with the previous figure, reaching $106.84 per barrel.
Crude oil prices were on course for a sharp weekly drop, with both Brent crude and WTI shedding 12% since Monday, following the results of the U.S. midterm elections, which gave rise to hopes that the war in the Middle East could be brought to a swift end. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $99.42 per …
Union Pacific must disclose Jim Vena’s conference video and produce records about possible retaliation. The railroad denies making threats, and regulators have yet to decide whether anyone was intimidated – or whether the merger review should continue. For a regulator assessing the largest proposed US railroad combina…
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 …
Turkmenistan and the United States are working to deepen their economic and diplomatic relationship, with a top American diplomat and a U.S. business delegation visiting Ashgabat this week. The U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council had announced a semiannual business mission to Ashgabat on November 4–5, a trip that comes…
CNBC reports: The Nasdaq Composite plummeted on Thursday, erasing the sharp gains from the previous session, as investors accelerated their move away from technology stocks in the wake of the U.S. midterm elections. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 3.9% and dipped into correction territory, trading more than 10% below a…
The US Federal Maritime Commission wants research into when charges above compensatory cost actually speed cargo movement. For shippers, the critical distinction is between a delay they can prevent and one they cannot. A container is ready to leave a terminal, the trucker has an appointment, and the importer chooses t…
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…
The Kazakh authorities’ grand plans to turn Almaty and its picturesque surroundings into Central Asia’s next tourist mecca have run headlong into a public transportation crisis this fall. Almaty residents have been flooding social media with photos and videos of overcrowded buses and trolleybuses, saying they have not…
The Californian port of Long Beach is predicted to handle more than 10m teu this year, for the first time. “It’s been a peak year,” Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba told The Loadstar on the sidelines of the World Ports Conference in London this week. “This could well be the first 10m teu year for us.” His comments…
Eighteen people died in three suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incidents in Uzbekistan between October 25 and November 1, prompting warnings about dangerously modified gas boilers being sold as new. On October 25, seven members of one family died in the village of Chimyon in the Fergana region. On November 1, anoth…
Kazakhstan remained the only Central Asian country with universities in the top 100 of the latest Asian rankings from higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), although all three of its leading institutions fell. In the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027 , released on November 3, Al-Farabi Kazakh Natio…
US importers using ‘delivered duty-paid’ (DDP) shipping arrangements face increasing compliance and financial risks, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intensifies its scrutiny of foreign importers of record, according to CargoTrans. Nunzio De Filippis, co-CEO, and Rennie Alston, director of trade compliance, warn…
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,…
It was a strong quarter for all three units. (Stock market reaction: -11.6% in early trade.) So opened the Q3 26 call with analysts by AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) CEO Vincent Clerc, whose prepared remarks went on, and on, and on, and on for well over 10 minutes. That did feel like a good hour of my life wasted again and th…
Kazakhstan has formally asked Russia to restore oil shipments to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline, six months after Moscow suspended the route. The request follows a drone attack on Russian infrastructure that briefly halted another Kazakh oil export route earlier this week. Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said…
Maersk experienced a 27% year-on-year bump in its third-quarter revenues, hitting $18.1bn, buoyed by a sharp rise in container freight rates that more than offset a slight dip in volumes, prompting it to join ONE in revising its full-year outlook. While the Danish shipping and logistics group said revenue growth had b…
Kazakhstan’s Victims Compensation Fund has collected more than 9.3 billion tenge ($20.6 million) over eight years but paid out only about 9% of that amount to crime victims. Snezhanna Imasheva, a member of the Kurultai, Kazakhstan’s unicameral parliament, has proposed increasing compensation payments or expanding elig…
Uncollected imports are clogging cargo warehouses at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport, tying up dollies and slowing aircraft unloading as equipment arrives to support the island’s AI and semiconductor industries, according to local forwarders. Seko Logistics has reported handling pressure affecting China Airlines, EVA Air, and …
With the headline numbers pre-released three weeks ago, the full third-quarter report matters most for where DHL’s growth is coming from. Express still earns about 60% of group profit, but forwarding is winning air freight faster than its main rivals in a tight market, and Supply Chain’s new contracts are up 42% this …
Three months after a beat-and-hold quarter tested the market’s patience, GXO delivered what it called its fastest organic growth in more than three years, largely finished integrating Wincanton and stepped up buybacks. Premium y’day wondered ahead of trade: ‘Where is the joy?’ – well, the shares rose 9.5% on the day o…
Congestion at several ports continues to put upward pressure on intra-Asia container freight rates, despite improving conditions at major Chinese gateways and key transhipment hubs. The result is the Drewry Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) is up by $46, to $1,504 per 40ft. Spot rates from Greater China to North-east,…