By Maria Kalamatas | May 16, 2025 Frankfurt —There’s no spotlight. No noise. But in logistics, something fundamental is changing—and it’s all about trust. For years, blockchain was treated like a buzzword: abstract, expensive, overhyped. In 2025, it’s becoming invisible infrastructure. Not for show. For certainty. “You don’t notice it when it works,”...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 16, 2025 Copenhagen —It doesn’t feel radical. It doesn’t make headlines. But it’s happening—in warehouses, in loading bays, in packaging lines. In 2025, the shift toward circular logistics isn’t a promise anymore. It’s a practice. And it’s changing the way goods move, return, and restart. “We design for...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 15, 2025 Los Angeles —The cranes are moving. The lights are on. But the containers aren’t going anywhere. At first glance, everything looks fine at the ports of Southern California. Ships dock. Trucks arrive. Schedules hold—mostly. But if you talk to people behind the scenes, you’ll hear a...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 15, 2025 Frankfurt —The dashboard looks great—until something stops reporting. A sensor falls offline. A container isn’t pinging. A delivery van crosses a geofence but doesn’t show up on the map. And suddenly, no one knows where the shipment is, or if it even moved. Across global logistics...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 15, 2025 Frankfurt —Every box that goes out now has to be able to come back. Across Europe, logistics managers are no longer debating whether to adopt circular models. They’re figuring out how to make them work—daily, practically, and at scale. “We used to focus on what left...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 15, 2025 Monterrey —Trucks are lined up at the border, loaded with auto parts, electronics, furniture—everything from industrial motors to garden tools. Most of it is headed for Texas. Some will go farther. All of it, though, is part of the same quiet surge. Northern Mexico’s logistics...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 15, 2025 Rotterdam —Everything moves fast—until it doesn’t. In warehouses across Europe, the rollout of smart systems promised speed, clarity, and fewer mistakes. Algorithms now decide where goods go. Robotic arms handle what humans used to. Inventory is tracked down to the second. On paper, it works. But...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 14, 2025 Atlanta —It doesn’t start with a crowbar. It starts with a login. Across the U.S., freight is disappearing—not through highway heists, but through screens and system loopholes. What used to be a physical crime has gone digital. Quiet. Swift. Clean. Someone copies a carrier’s identity. They...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 14, 2025 Geneva —Not long ago, shipping alliances looked permanent. Branded schedules, shared vessels, long-term slot agreements—it was a world built on predictability. But that model is quietly slipping away. At terminals from Antwerp to Busan, something new is emerging. Quiet coordination. Selective partnerships. And behind the...
By Maria Kalamatas | May 14, 2025 Suez, Egypt —It begins with small signs. A freighter slows unexpectedly. A radio check goes unanswered. An escort vessel shifts course without explanation. No alarms are raised. No shots fired. But along the southern stretches of the Red Sea, captains and crews are paying closer...
