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News in Brief Podcast | Week 4 | Suez vs Cape and tariff threat consequence
In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last…
Prologis talks data centres – you’d better listen (Part One)
You may recall the wise remarks from Prologis (PLD) CFO Tim Arndt at a Bank of America conference held in…
Unions renew call for industrial action at France’s biggest box port
Docker and port worker unions at France’s biggest container port, Le Havre, have begun a programme of intermittent…
Compliance fears as Indian Customs introduces revised manifest rules
Indian Customs has implemented a long-awaited rule revision to tighten export/import cargo manifests.
The Sea Cargo…
Trump threatens shippers: manufacture in ‘the good old USA’ or pay the price
Global businesses are the latest victims caught up in President Trump’s tariff web, threatened with higher costs if…
US trucking market recovery stays in reverse gear further into the year
The long-awaited recovery of the US trucking market is showing all the qualities of an elastic band.
Despite some…
Over-inflated retail inventories could contribute to deflating freight markets
Freight markets are expected to soften – not least because of high inventory levels.
According to data from the US…
Carriers divert Indian cargo to avoid congestion worries at Colombo
With capacity still a nagging concern at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, container lines are devising alternative supply…
Chinese agribusinesses turn to container lines for grain shipments
Cosco Shipping Lines has been facilitating containerised transport of grain, to meet the needs of Chinese…
Expert insights on supply chain challenges and opportunities in 2025
As we step into 2025, global supply chains face an array of ongoing economic, geopolitical, and environmental…