EU renews efforts to advance US tariff deal after Trump reverses threats
The bloc will continue work on the framework pact after U.S. President Donald Trump rescinded plans to enact levies to advance his campaign to annex Greenland.
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Bangladesh boxes begin to move as Chittagong port workers suspend strike
The entire port workforce had walked off the job almost two weeks ago to protest a government decision to lease the port’s busiest terminal to DP World.
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MPV carriers emphatic on no resumption of Suez transits under current conditions
Ship operators say a return to the Red Sea hinges on broad shipper acceptance across multi-shipper voyages, according to a survey conducted by One World Shipbrokers.
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Maersk widens deployment options with order for ‘flexible’ new ships
The new vessels are shorter and narrower than most 400-meter megaships that are mostly confined to the Asia-Europe trade, giving the carrier more deployment options across its global network.
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Maher’s next buyer faces billions in upgrades, decisions on capacity
The likely sale this year of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s largest marine terminal portends possible changes to how it will be operated in the long run.
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Key inland rail terminals battle post-storm congestion, driver complaints
While linehaul performance has largely returned to normal for US Class I railroads, delays and bottlenecks triggered by the severe winter storm two weeks ago have now moved downstream to terminals in Chicago, Cincinnati and Memphis.
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Australia’s VICT extends terminal concession at Port of Melbourne to 2066
The subsidiary of Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services said the agreement extends the lease expiration from 2040 to 2066.
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Shippers look inland to move swelling project cargo demand
Inland water transport offers a lower-emission alternative routing for out-of-gauge cargoes, with cost-efficiency, lower energy consumption, and fewer accidents among other advantages.
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Polish trade group hits out at ‘unequal rules’ for Chinese e-commerce platforms
The digital trade body argues that online sellers outside the EU were able to scale rapidly by exploiting gaps in customs and regulatory enforcement that European businesses could not legally replicate.
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Maersk to reorganize logistics segment as profit margins fall short again
The move to split Logistics and Services into three product segments reflects the sensitivities around a division that underpins the carrier’s integrated end-to-end strategy launched in 2017.