The city of Baku has turned into a gathering point for global cargo leaders this week. More than 400 delegates – from airlines, airports, and integrators – arrived for the Caspian Air Cargo Summit 2025, where one topic dominated: the Middle Corridor. The route, running from China through Central Asia, across...
After nearly a month of suspension, DHL has quietly reopened its parcel lane to the United States. The pause, which lasted four weeks, left many exporters scrambling for alternatives. At the heart of the disruption was Washington’s decision to end the $800 “de minimis” exemption, a rule that had allowed...
Country: United StatesCategory: business Tighter tariff treatment on small parcels that formerly sailed under de minimis thresholds is reshaping unit economics for cross-border DTC sellers. Carriers now face longer clearance cycles, more exceptions, and customer-service overhead as duties surprise end-buyers. Merchants are testing new playbooks: moving inventory into domestic fulfillment, shifting...
Country: TĂĽrkiyeCategory: air Turkish Cargo is rolling out a dedicated aerospace offer geared to AOG and time-critical spares. Beyond lift, the product leans on control-tower coordination, prioritized handling, tight SLAs, and enhanced milestone visibility. It signals a broader pivot from capacity selling to solution selling, bundling first/last mile, bonded transfers, and...
Country: United StatesCategory: maritime The U.S. is preparing a schedule of targeted port fees on vessels built, owned, or operated by Chinese interests. For carriers, the near-term calculus is complicated: rotate Chinese-built tonnage off U.S. services and accept temporary inefficiencies, or keep fleets as-is and risk fee exposure just as peak...
New York, United States — September 12, 2025 Union Pacific is pressing its case for one of the largest rail mergers in U.S. history. Speaking to investors on Thursday, Chief Executive Jim Vena declared he was “confident” the company’s planned $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern would clear regulators, calling the...
Portland, United States — September 11, 2025 For a moment, it looked like Portland would vanish from the U.S. container map. This week, the Port of Portland confirmed its Terminal 6 has a new operator, ending months of doubt over whether ships would keep calling. The deal comes after years of labor...
Doha, Qatar — September 11, 2025 Qatar Airways Cargo is quietly reshaping its network. On Thursday, the airline confirmed it will run more freighter flights for Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm, moving parcels between China and Doha with onward connections to Europe and Africa. “This isn’t a side business anymore,” said a company...
Reno, United States — September 12, 2025 Truck yards are filling up, rail ramps are stretched, and a new red flag is flashing: cargo theft. The ITS Logistics September Index released Thursday paints a stark picture of the U.S. freight market just weeks before the holiday rush. “Inland congestion is back, and...
Oslo, Norway — September 11, 2025 Ships are getting ready. The fuels are not. That’s the blunt message from DNV, one of the world’s leading classification societies, in its latest outlook on maritime decarbonization. The report notes that hundreds of vessels are now ordered with dual-fuel engines or designed for alternative fuels...
