By Maria Kalamatas | August 8, 2025 New York — FTAI Infrastructure has completed a deal to buy The Wheeling Corporation. The value of the transaction is 1.05 billion dollars. Wheeling owns about 300 miles of freight rail lines. The network is located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It serves industrial...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 8, 2025 Riga — The Freeport of Riga has launched a private 5G network to keep cargo ships and sea drones connected well offshore. The upgrade replaces older Wi‑Fi and 4G systems and covers distances of more than 100 miles. “Our port now talks to ships in...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 8, 2025 Agadir, August 8 — A direct shipping connection has been launched between Morocco and Northern Europe. The new service links the ports of Agadir and Casablanca to Thamesport in the United Kingdom and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The company behind the service is Samskip, a...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 8, 2025 Destinus has acquired Daedalean, a company based in Zurich. The startup develops artificial intelligence systems for flight navigation. The deal was confirmed on Wednesday. No price was disclosed. “This gives us the tools to automate faster,” said a Destinus representative. Daedalean builds software for drones, aircraft, and...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 8, 2025 Abu Dhabi — AD Ports Group has announced a new partnership with MBME Group. The goal is to develop digital tools that combine logistics and financial services. The project will focus on two areas: TradeTech and FinTech. The companies want to simplify customs, payments, and...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 7, 2025 Brussels, August 7 —After weeks of speculation, the European Commission announced today it would delay any retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports for at least six months, opting for what officials called “strategic restraint” amid growing pressure from business leaders across the bloc. The move comes...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 7, 2025 Agadir —On a citrus farm just outside Agadir, stacks of foldable crates are being loaded into a truck. They aren’t headed to the landfill. They’re going to Valencia — and they’ll be coming back. Across Morocco’s agricultural export sector, a growing number of producers are...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 7, 2025 Milwaukee, August 7 —At a time when many logistics managers are just starting to plan for peak season, Schneider National has already made its move. The trucking and intermodal giant began applying surcharges this week on several inland routes — a sign that volume...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 7, 2025 Rotterdam —At a distribution center on the edge of the Port of Rotterdam, a logistics planner opens her screen at 6:45 AM. Ten shipments are expected today. The software doesn’t give her twenty dashboards. It gives her one sentence: “Three shipments delayed. See port...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 7, 2025 Chicago —With just weeks before the traditional freight surge of late summer, the American intermodal system is already showing signs of tension. Rail terminals in Kansas City, Chicago and Dallas are reporting rising congestion, and trucking partners are warning that lead times are lengthening...
