By Maria Kalamatas – June 21, 2025Location: Minneapolis, USA A small detail with big consequencesFor years, logistics teams across North America have wrestled with one mundane but frustrating task: classifying LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) shipments. A simple error in freight class could lead to incorrect pricing, delays, and sometimes disputes that dragged on...
TORONTO | June 17, 2025By Maria KalamatasCategory: Land Transport → Labor & Operations LeadAfter two weeks of tense silence and stalled negotiations, DHL Express Canada has decided to suspend all international import services starting Wednesday, June 19. The company says operations can no longer continue safely or efficiently under current conditions. BodyAt...
SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS | June 17, 2025By Maria KalamatasCategory: Aviation → Air Cargo It wasn’t a loud announcement—no massive rollout or record-breaking order. But this morning, at the company’s headquarters in Brazil, Embraer quietly confirmed something that could reshape a vital corner of the global air cargo market. The aircraft manufacturer...
SINGAPORE | June 17, 2025By Maria KalamatasCategory: Cargo → Project Freight At most logistics trade shows, oversized freight is barely more than an afterthought—too bulky, too niche, too complex to display. But at this year’s Transport Logistic Southeast Asia (opening today in Singapore), the story is different. For the first time, the...
ROTTERDAM | June 17, 2025By Maria KalamatasCategory: EchoChain → Sustainability & Circular Logistics Early Monday morning, as container cranes swayed gently above Europe’s largest port, a different kind of logistics movement was quietly taking shape behind the warehouses. The Port of Rotterdam, in partnership with local waste recyclers and a startup coalition...
EUROPE | June 17, 2025By Maria KalamatasCategory: Maritime → Port Operations LeadAt dawn, dozens of trucks lined the access roads outside Rotterdam’s terminal gates. By noon, the story was the same in Hamburg, Antwerp, and Bremerhaven. Northern Europe’s ports are under strain again—this time, without a storm or a strike to...
By Maria Kalamatas | The Logistic NewsJune 11, 2025 – Section: Business / Urban Logistics In Reading, UK, a quiet industrial zone is about to become the stage for one of Britain’s most ambitious logistics transformations. JP Morgan Asset Management and property developer Graftongate have joined forces to develop an 8.5-acre...
By Maria Kalamatas | The Logistic NewsJune 12, 2025 – Section: Business / Strategic Partnerships London, UK – When logistics meets legacy, the result can be more powerful than expected. At the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground, DP World unveiled its new initiative Beyond Boundaries, aimed at giving underserved youth better access...
By Maria Kalamatas | The Logistic NewsJune 12, 2025 – Section: Business / Port Development Mumbai, India – Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s leading port operator, has announced an ambitious goal: doubling its revenue by the end of fiscal year 2029. The company, which currently manages over a...
By Maria Kalamatas | The Logistic NewsJune 10, 2025 – Section: Air / CSR & Special Transport They left Florida before sunrise, not in silence, but with the subdued rustle of movement from inside their crates. Seventeen eastern bongos—majestic, elusive, and perilously close to extinction—boarded a DHL cargo aircraft bound for...
