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JULY 1, 2025

With forecasts suggesting a hotter and drier year for Europe, Zheng emphasized the need for vigilance concerning natural phenomena like wildfires and hurricanes. Climate risks also constitute a formidable challenge. The overall weather patterns appear quite milder than the past two years, but certain regions still need closer attention.”

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JUNE 12, 2025

DHL Global Forwarding plans to add diesel and electric trucks, open more offices and pursue joint ventures, such as the recent partnership with Etihad Rail to enhance cross-border cargo connectivity. DHL Supply Chain will expand warehousing, upgrade equipment and integrate advanced technology to improve operations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

ranks below many other countries including China and Europe in the area of port automation. Further noted was a statement from the CEO of the Long Beach terminal operator indicating that the automation plan aims to move twice as much cargo with the same workforce. A published report by Business Broadcasting Network CNBC titled: U.S.

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MAY 26, 2025

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JUNE 27, 2025

Strategic Location for Global Trade: With access to Europe, Asia, and Africa, the MENA region continues to serve as a crucial transit point for temperature-sensitive goods. Reefer-x: A cold chain tech provider offering real-time tracking and monitoring solutions for temperature-sensitive cargo.

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MARCH 13, 2025

The Ocean Alliance continues to emphasize the Asia-Europe and Trans-Pacific trade lanes, solidifying its presence as a major player in these critical markets. Additionally, the group announced a slot exchange agreement with MSC for nine Asia-Europe services, as MSC chooses where to operate independently and where to combine forces.

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JULY 10, 2025

This includes key terminals in Europe, Africa, Latin America — and even the Freeport Container Port in the Bahamas, just 55 miles off the coast of Florida, run by a Hong Kong-based conglomerate. government would never ask General Electric to shut down a power grid in Asia, or Ports America to bottleneck cargo in Savannah.

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JULY 13, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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JUNE 5, 2025

The report notes that in one Chinese province, Hebei, there are more than 30,000 electric trucks operating, while total sales for the second largest market in 2024, Europe, were a little over 10,000 for the second year in a row. They estimate that the TCO of a diesel truck in the U.S. is 20% less than a battery-powered equivalent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2025

Honda Launches Quadricycle-based Urban Cargo Delivery Business Honda has launched a new business unit called **Fastport**, which aims to revolutionize last-mile delivery in urban areas using electric quadricycles. Authorized under the Trade Act of 1974, it allows the U.S.

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JULY 15, 2025

seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering ship-to-shore cranes as they expect President Donald Trump's administration to follow through on a promise to essentially ban that vital cargo-handling equipment. US port operators seek to mitigate hefty expected tariffs on China-built port cranes U.S.

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JULY 9, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. Global Supply Chain Management Argentina: A New Opportunity in Latin America’s Industrial Sector Global Supply Chain Management U.S.-Swiss

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Freightos

JULY 1, 2025

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 4% to $2,969/FEU. Europe weekly prices fell 4% to $3.45/kg. Europe – N. Asia–Europe and Mediterranean rates each closed June up 25% month-on-month at $2,969/FEU and $4,222/FEU respectively. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 15% to $6,116/FEU. China – N.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Mideast conflict turbocharges diesel prices, squeezing Europe The Israel-Iran conflict has boosted global diesel prices, with gains outstripping the jump in crude prices, highlighting the vulnerability of diesel-heavy European consumers even as the region’s refiners get a windfall. and Kedaara Capital-backed Porter.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Supply Chain Management Supply Chains in Crisis Automotive Related Articles Carmakers Are on the Trade-War Front Line as Europe Factories Suffer Lawmakers Seek to Curb U.S. A report by accounting consultancy GMT Research puts BYD’s true net debt at closer to 323 billion yuan, compared with the 27.7

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Similarly, our Freightos Air Index (FAX) offers the same level of insight for air cargo rates. Our data showed that spot rates on Asia-Europe routes increased by over 70% during this period, but our customers who acted quickly based on Terminal insights secured capacity at just 25-30% above pre-crisis levels.

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JUNE 24, 2025

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 6% to $3,096/FEU. Europe weekly prices fell 5% to $3.61/kg. Europe – N. The ceasefire is also restoring air cargo capacity to the Gulf region after some airspace closures on Monday. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) increased 1% to $7,183/FEU. China – N.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 21, 2025

billion enterprise with the largest air cargo fleet in the world. In 1977, FedEx purchased seven Boeing 727 aircraft, each with a cargo capacity of 40,000 pounds – almost seven times that of the Dassault Falcon. It also launched operations in the Asia Pacific and regular scheduled flights to Europe. FedEx has grown into an $87.7

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Shapiro

JULY 15, 2025

It continues to import Russian energy and has become a key hub for gas transit to Europe. How This Impacts Global Shipping and Logistics Even without full enforcement, secondary tariff threats can send shockwaves through shipping and logistics: Energy cargo routes may shift to less obvious channels, increasing costs and complexity.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 29, 2025

year-over-year The decline in adjusted operating profit was attributed to “a mix shift to more economy services in Europe, lower demand-related surcharges, and investments we are making to expand weekend services in Europe,” CFO Brian Dykes told analysts. billion, up 2.7% with export ADV up 9.3% and domestic ADV up 4.3%.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

Logistics managers needed to arrange alternative shipping plans with carriers from the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. This served to dampen container buildup and accelerated the transit of time-sensitive cargo. Suez Canal Blockage The 2021 Suez Canal shutdown postponed an estimated $9 billion worth of daily international trade.

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2025

Home Transpacific ocean rates continue to slide; Air cargo out of the Middle East still recovering – July 08, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 14% to $3,384/FEU. Europe – N.

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JULY 1, 2025

tariffs are clouding the outlook for factories across much of the United States, Asia and Europe, according to surveys released on Tuesday which nonetheless showed some were able to shrug off the uncertainty and keep growing. Tariff risks muddy global outlook for factories Worries over future U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

and Europe, Argentine firms, many of which were operating outdated equipment or outsourcing production, are finally modernizing. According to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs , imports in the first four months of 2025 totaled $24 billion, reflecting a 36% year-over-year increase, primarily due to a 45% rise in imported quantities.

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EFT

JULY 7, 2025

handling fee on low-value e-commerce packages coming into the bloc is "a joke", the head of Carrefour (CARR.PA) , Europe's largest food retailer, said on Wednesday. EU plan for 2 euro fee on low-value parcels "a joke", says Carrefour boss A European Union proposal to charge a 2 euro ($2.36)handling billion rupees ($497.30

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Freightos

JUNE 17, 2025

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 6% to $2,925/FEU. Europe weekly prices increased 2% to $3.81/kg. Europe – N. Some of the capacity additions to the transpacific came via capacity subtractions from other lanes, including from Asia – Europe. air cargo, China – US rates were level last week at $5.29/kg.

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Freightos

JUNE 17, 2025

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 6% to $2,925/FEU. Europe weekly prices increased 2% to $3.81/kg. Europe – N. Some of the capacity additions to the transpacific came via capacity subtractions from other lanes, including from Asia – Europe. air cargo, China – US rates were level last week at $5.29/kg.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. Click here to send us your comments The story is well known.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

Shipowners now have to pay about 1% of a ship’s value if they want to pass through the Red Sea, said Marcus Baker, global head of marine cargo and logistics at Marsh McLennan, the world’s largest insurance broker. Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. That’s up from 0.2%

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

“The direct impact from acts of terrorism and the indirect effects from terrorist organizations’ exploitation of the supply chain have been, and will continue to be, critically felt across Europe,” said David Fairnie , principal consultant in supply chain security at BSI.

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JULY 9, 2025

After securing access to TuffAir’s materials, Amazon abruptly ceased communications, only to unveil a remarkably similar regional air cargo model within months, based on the same technical, operational and strategic elements TuffAir had disclosed,” the company alleged in its legal filing. No comment as yet on the suit from Amazon.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Europe Face Hurdles to Cut China Reliance for Rare Earths FedEx to Cut Management Jobs by More Than 10%, CEO Says Lawmakers Seek to Curb U.S. trade negotiations with China. “We We can see transparently it’s an issue and we can navigate it,” Keogh said. Reliance on China for Rare Earths Bloomberg U.S.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2018

China-US East Coast lags by 24%, China-US Europe by 29%, and China-US West Coast rates are a jaw-dropping 33% down on last year.”. Following disruptions caused by bad weather in US and Europe two weeks ago, last week airport operations quickly returned to normal, and cleared any cargo backlogs. China-Europe. Manageable.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2024

Chris Cser and Joe Lynch discuss global giants – ICAT moves the world’s largest cargo. Summary: Global Giants: ICAT Moves the World’s Largest Cargo In this podcast, Chris Cser, Director of Operations at ICAT Logistics, takes us on a journey through the complex world of global logistics. Getting through customs.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) decreased 7% to $1,291/FEU. Europe weekly prices increased 25% to $4.23/kg. Europe – N. Europe prices are 36% above their extreme lows last month showing some gains through the GRIs, though rates for both lanes remain below 2019 levels. Europe prices rebounded 25% to $4.23/kg

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