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News / Turkish Airlines falls foul of air safety regulations, claims India’s aviation authority Indian aviation authorities have Turkish Airlines in their firing line, for multiple lapses in regulatory … Go to loadstar

Premium / Morning Midas incident – EV supply chain profits, risks and winners Comment: Unprepared for the new ‘logistics architecture’ Go to loadstar

The Loadstar Podcast | Transport Logistic and Air Cargo Europe 2025 Missed Munich? Or too many meetings to get out on the floor? In this episode … Go to loadstar

News / An AI-focused and more mature Flexport debuts new tech There is a cool new toy in town. Shippers wondering what the latest tariffs will … Go to loadstar

News / SIPG offers shipper discount on port depot fees as transpac rates soar Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), which owns majority of the container terminals in Shanghai port, … Go to loadstar

News / Asia-West Africa ULCV deployment opens new markets for carriers Following a sustained period of investment in port infrastructure and container handling equipment, ultra-large container … Go to loadstar

News / Airfreight can be the pioneer of the age of electric-powered aviation Airfreight could be the gateway to the electrification of global aviation, with a ready-made market … Go to loadstar

Premium / Mainfreight – swallow the toad Comment: Tell it how it is Go to loadstar

News / Geely splashes out to meet growing demand by chartering its own car-carrier Geely Automobile has become the latest Chinese electric vehicle (EV) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to … Go to loadstar

Premium / ‘Now or never’ for Kuehne and DHL GF to hit back at DSV Comment: Alarm bells ringing Go to loadstar

News / CMA CGM eyeing multi-billion euro investment programme in Algeria CMA CGM is poised to unveil a multi-billion euro investment programme in Algeria, part of … Go to loadstar

News / Transhipment and ‘the giants of global trade’ – Vizhinjam Port can handle it MSC has significantly ramped up its shuttle and other regional services out of southern India’s … Go to loadstar

News / Longer-term planning needed as noise out of Washington distorts the market Carriers and shippers need to focus on long-term planning rather than reacting to the noise … Go to loadstar

Safety & Security / Project cargo: oversized and heavy, posing risks outside the norm for ports With project and so-called ‘oversized’ cargo forming an increasing element of handling activities at ports, … Go to loadstar

News / Uncertainty drives Yang Ming fleet boost as focus switches to Asia-Europe trades Taiwan shipping line Yang Ming must look to diversify its service portfolio, said chairman Tsai … Go to loadstar

People / Chris Heibel promoted to chief operating officer at ARC Group American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group (ARC) has appointed Chris Heibel (above) as its new chief … Go to loadstar

News in Brief Podcast | Week 22 | Trump’s tariff hurdle, ocean schedule reliability, and rate rise In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone … Go to loadstar

Premium / EXCLUSIVE: CH Robinson Global Forwarding – US leadership exodus Comment: A people business but tech is the future. Ouch! Go to loadstar

News / Partnerships are key to building efficient air cargo operations in Africa Africa’s long-underperforming air cargo market is finally gaining momentum, with operators and handlers quietly building: … Go to loadstar

News / Bad news for shippers as wave of transpacific rate increases continues Container spot freight rates on the transpacific trade saw another week of double-digit gains, as … Go to loadstar

News / Dates to watch for in the latest chapter of TACO’s tariff travail The whiplash continues. As expected, the White House won a reprieve in an appeals court, … Go to loadstar

News / No deals with carriers, say Houthis – Red Sea safe for non Israel-affiliated ships Yemen’s Houthi militia have told The Loadstar they have not been giving assurances to individual … Go to loadstar

Premium / Analysis: CVC-backed Scan Global – more growth, more debt, more losses Comment: Digging to find treasure Go to loadstar

News / The days of single-sourcing are over, as shippers see disruption as ‘normal’ Shippers will make permanent moves towards dual-sourcing strategies to defend themselves against the myriad shocks … Go to loadstar

News / Liner schedule reliability improving, with Gemini carriers leading the way Ocean schedule reliability is at its highest in 17 months, according to Sea Intelligence, which … Go to loadstar

News / Shippers hold their breath as Trump appeals court ruling that tariffs are illegal Any shipper waking up to discover that large swathes of President Trump’s tariffs have been … Go to loadstar

News / Houthis claim Red Sea safe for box ships not calling at port of Haifa Spokespersons for the Yemeni-based Houthi militia have told The Loadstar they will no longer target … Go to loadstar

Premium / Tariffs stymied: From Nixon to Trump 2.0 – Supreme Court beckons Comment: Trying to stop the steamroller Go to loadstar

News / Forwarders welcome MSC decision to continue ‘critical’ South Africa-USEC service South Africa’s freight forwarders have welcomed a decision by MSC to continue its direct weekly … Go to loadstar

News / After DSV ‘cuts the cake’ on Schenker acquisition, time for redundancies? Denmark’s DSV has formally closed its €14.3bn ($16.14bn) acquisition of DB Schenker – the biggest … Go to loadstar

News / Shippers brace for rate rise as smart phones expected to drive air cargo market The overwhelming majority of air cargo players, according to a new survey, expect airfreight rates … Go to loadstar

News / US importers stockpiling goods to avert autumn shortages amid tariff chaos The first signs of guidance on how tariffs could play out over the next few … Go to loadstar

Premium / Australia’s road transport sector on the edge of disaster Comment: Destination Skid Row Go to loadstar

Premium / Fierce Expeditors in court – back and forth ahead of today’s hearing Comment: ‘Improper fishing expedition’…or? Go to loadstar

News / Warning of increased cyber threat to western supply chain players Nato governments have issued a joint notice warning of increased threat to western logistics from … Go to loadstar

News / New services and reinstated blanked sailings boost transpacific capacity The Gemini Cooperation has introduced an additional transpacific service as a rush of demand and … Go to loadstar

News / $2.1bn E2open purchase will ‘catapult WiseTech into a different dimension’ Australian supply chain software provider WiseTech Global, owner of the CargoWise platform, has agreed to … Go to loadstar

Premium / Affordable delivery in space is where the profit will be mined Comment: Where NASA failed… Go to loadstar

News / DHL expands agreement with Shopify – where does that leave Flexport? UPDATED 16.00 BSM 27.5.25 TO INCUDE DHL INPUT ON SERVIES AND FLEXPORT DHL is continuing to … Go to loadstar

Premium / (Hopefully) WiseWhite goes bottom fishing with E2open Comment: Tech M&A never seen before in logistics Go to loadstar

News / Carriers react quickly to transpac demand surge, but rates remain muted Container spot freight rates on the transpacific continued to trend upwards this week, albeit at … Go to loadstar

Premium / US air traffic control – mayday, mayday, mayday…  Comment: Avoiding the (very) final destination Go to loadstar

News / ONE opts for South Korean newbuilds to avoid hefty US port fees Faced with hefty US port fees for Chinese-built box ships, ONE is in discussions with … Go to loadstar

Premium / Madrid beckons: Kuehne’s bolt-on M&A comes – one zero after another Comment: While the Danes are (sigh) on a roll… Go to loadstar

News / Air forwarders face financial uncertainty – but ‘there are opportunities’ Forwarders will be reducing their financial forecasts for the year, as “uncertainty has an adverse … Go to loadstar

News / Legal challenges for tariffs and de minimis, as EU eyes new ecommerce rules Tariffs and ecommerce are in the legal spotlight on both sides of the Atlantic.  A US … Go to loadstar

News / MSC renews lease for terminal operating subsidiary at Port Everglades until 2034 MSC has cemented its presence at US east coast gateway Port Everglades, yesterday signing a … Go to loadstar

Premium / Ultra large box ships and the distorted shipping cycle Comment: Received wisdom – are the wheels coming off? Go to loadstar

Premium / Forward Air – damn it! Sell it? Haha, yeah, right… Comment: Love the dog Go to loadstar

News / Bottleneck fears as cargo growth outpaces airport infrastructure investment Forwarders and airlines fear new bottlenecks at airports as cargo growth outpaces infrastructure investment. Brandon Fried, … Go to loadstar

Premium / DSV – ‘overheating’ Comment: Exhaustion setting in? Go to loadstar

News / Zim set to reinstate its transpacific ZX2 express service In what could be one of the shortest service suspensions in shipping history, Zim is … Go to loadstar

Premium / (New) CH Robinson – two sides of the same coin Comment: To target headcount is not a KPI… Go to loadstar

News / Demand for transpac airfreight capacity returning – but ‘it’s not ecommerce-driven’ Around half of the lost air cargo capacity on the transpacific has returned in the … Go to loadstar

News / KMTC to dip its toes back in the transpacific trade after 40 years South Korean regional carrier KMTC Line has returned to the transpacific after 40 years, joining … Go to loadstar

News / ‘Cargo collision’ expected as transpacific capacity tightens and rates rise Transpacific shippers keen to take advantage of the 90-day tariff time-out are likely to be … Go to loadstar

Premium / OceanX: Zim, CMA and Hapag are eating Mærsk’s market share Comment: You win some, you lose some Go to loadstar

News / CMA CGM will carry on investing after ‘solid’ Q1, despite unclear outlook CMA CGM’s shipping line was exactly in line with the average market growth in Q1, … Go to loadstar

Sponsored Post / Navigating supply chain trends in 2025: efficiency, visibility, and adaptability As we approach the 2025 peak season, supply chains stand at the crossroads of transformative … Go to loadstar

News in Brief Podcast | Week 20 | 90-day countdown, India and Pakistan   In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte … Go to loadstar

News / Spot rates on transpacific surge after news of tariff time-out Container freight spot rates shot up on the transpacific trades this week, with an immediate … Go to loadstar

News / Threat to airport operations as India revokes security clearance for handler Çelebi Airport operations in India could face new challenges, after Çelebi Aviation, a part Turkish-owned ground … Go to loadstar

News / South America will benefit as air cargo traffic diverts from the transpacific South America is set to be a main attraction amid capacity cuts on the transpacific, … Go to loadstar

Premium / Tackling the tariff trap Comment: Are there more answers than questions? Go to loadstar

Premium / Under the radar: What to make of profit swings at regional carriers Comment: SITC is still the one to watch Go to loadstar

News / Foreign investment streams into Syria’s port and logistics sector as sanctions are lifted Syria is continuing to win reinvestment in its logistics sector, with DP World set to … Go to loadstar

News / Evri gets ‘Premium’ boost from merger with DHL’s UK ecommerce division UK customers of courier Evri are breathing a sigh of relief today, following the news … Go to loadstar

Premium / Picking apart the DHL-Evri UK e-commerce deal Comment: It’s all about scale Go to loadstar

News / IATA to downgrade air cargo growth forecast ‘to something more sustainable’ IATA’s air cargo 2025 growth forecast for yields and volumes is set to fall, after … Go to loadstar

Premium / Guidance on tariffs – FedEx top brass on hand to help Comment: Love the cat but there’s a lot to unpack Go to loadstar

News / Volga-Dnepr claims ‘pirate’ Canada has ‘hijacked’ its stranded aircraft Volga-Dnepr, the Russian operator of AN-124s, has called Canada’s attempt to give one of its … Go to loadstar

News / Hapag-Lloyd: a ‘pretty good first quarter’ – but trend for 2025 ‘pretty uncertain’ As it presented its first-quarter financial results today, Hapag-Lloyd cautioned that any cargo surge following … Go to loadstar

News / Europe’s hauliers feel the pain of weak demand and low freight rates Weakening demand is eating into European road freight operators’ profitability this year, with contract and … Go to loadstar

News / FedEx and Amazon partner-up again in new deal to move large parcels Six years after going their separate ways, FedEx and Amazon have hooked up again, to … Go to loadstar

News / China-US trade tariff pause could drive a rebound for transpacific rates After the US and Chinese governments agreed to slash reciprocal tariffs, shipping lines are expecting … Go to loadstar

News / White House u-turns see freighters flying but keep logistics players on their toes Small businesses in the US will be breathing a (small) sigh of relief following the … Go to loadstar

News / Service chaos from trade ban with India a problem for Pakistan shippers Pakistan’s main container gateways of Karachi and Port Qasim are reportedly facing serious congestion after … Go to loadstar

News in Brief Podcast | Week 19 | Airfreight nosedive and blank sailings In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone … Go to loadstar

Premium / Container trade economics – what to look for now Comment: Making sense of a fools’ game Go to loadstar

News / Trade deal sees UK vehicle and US beef exports the main beneficiaries Automotive will be the biggest winner from last week’s UK-US trade deal, with Jaguar Land … Go to loadstar

Premium / Investors beware: ‘Outsize returns’ not available in T&L Comment: What next for ‘digital’ forwarders? Go to loadstar

News / Container spot rates diverge: to Europe still falling, but firmer to the US A divergence in container spot freight rates between the Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades emerged … Go to loadstar

News / Airfreight rates ex-China ‘loss-making’, but hopes of a trade deal stay high Despite “loss-making” airfreight rates offered for Hong Kong/China-US, Chinese forwarders seem optimistic that the trade … Go to loadstar

Premium / More cash to burn – Petersen’s search is on Comment: Tic-toc, tic-toc, roadshow time Go to loadstar

News / Hapag-Lloyd won’t take bookings if port congestion leaves cargo stranded A “cautious” Hapag-Lloyd has warned it will not accept bookings if port congestion leaves cargo … Go to loadstar

News / Maersk Air Cargo sees volumes fall as it aims for ‘margin in favour of revenue’ Maersk Air Cargo ditched some of its less-profitable customers, a move which saw its airfreight … Go to loadstar

News / Indian coastal freight attracts major carriers, but regional tension disrupts India’s growing coastal freight demand looks like the next target for foreign container lines amid … Go to loadstar

News / APMM floats along on ‘solid’ Q1 profitability in Ocean, well prepared for choppy water Despite President Trump’s claim this week that Yemen’s Houthi rebels had “surrendered to the US” … Go to loadstar

Premium / AP Møller-Mærsk – D&D-propelled earnings marvel Comment: Moving parts Go to loadstar

Premium / Blankety Blank – a commercial or structural game? Comment: Trans-pacific and Suez hold the answers Go to loadstar

News / Expeditors reports healthy growth in a ‘frenzied landscape of tariffs’ The flurry of court cases surrounding Expeditors has not put it off its stride: in … Go to loadstar

Premium / Trump-Houthis deal – expect further ‘rate declines…after port congestion’ Comment: Ocean: supply-demand balance getting ‘structurally looser’? Go to loadstar

News / Changing shipment origin won’t wash: US CBP turns away whole truckloads Misdeclared shipments are causing delays at US borders, with full truckloads being turned away if … Go to loadstar

News / Maersk u-turn as port congestion increases across Northern Europe Just a few months after electing to swap its UK hub from Felixstowe to London … Go to loadstar

News / US trucking in a ‘decline of unprecedented length’ US trucking appears to be on a never-ending road, chasing a recovery that remains elusive. Predictions … Go to loadstar

News / MSC revamps east-west network as alliance strategies on blanking vary As container lines try to manage capacity in the face of wild swings in short-term … Go to loadstar

Premium / OceanX: Rebounding Argentina; carrier numbers; DSV beats rivals again  Comment: Weaponised trade and waiting for Maersk Go to loadstar

News / Transpac rates hold firm as capacity is diverted to Asia-Europe lanes As US-China trade tension continues, mainline operators continue to divert capacity from the transpacific to … Go to loadstar

News / India-Pakistan ‘tit-for-tat’ cargo ban sparks sudden supply chain shocks India and Pakistan have banned each other’s cargo from transiting their ocean gateways, following the … Go to loadstar

News / Airlines slash freighter capacity post-de minimis, but ‘the worst is yet to come’ Airlines have already significantly cut freighter capacity since last week’s de minimis change in the … Go to loadstar