By Maria Kalamatas | July 31, 2025 Santiago, July 31 — In the middle of Chile’s peak avocado season, exporters are scrambling to move fresh fruit to Europe and North America before it loses its sheen. This year, they’re doing it differently. Several producers have begun using a new generation of hybrid cargo aircraft,...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 31, 2025 Marseille, July 31 — On a humid morning at the company’s operations center, screens glow with vessel positions stretching from Shanghai to Rotterdam. The Gemini service, CMA CGM’s flagship East‑West network, has done something rare this season: it’s running on time. Almost entirely. Figures shared with industry partners this...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 31, 2025 Chicago, July 31 — On a rainy morning in the Loop, DAT’s executive team gathered around a long oak table, reviewing the final paperwork. By mid‑afternoon, the deal was sealed: DAT had acquired Convoy’s digital freight platform, a move aimed at reshaping how shippers and carriers find...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 30, 2025 Atlanta, July 30 — United Parcel Service is moving quickly to reshape its business as rising expenses and economic headwinds weigh on performance. After reporting second-quarter results that undershot expectations, the carrier announced a global workforce reduction and a sharp pivot toward automation to...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 30, 2025 Houston, July 30 — Ceva Logistics is launching a wide-scale restructuring of its North American operations, aiming to simplify its network, cut costs, and bring greater consistency to a region that has struggled with rising expenses and operational bottlenecks. The move comes alongside the...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 30, 2025 Washington, July 30 — The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is expanding beyond its traditional remit of supplying the armed forces, taking on a larger role in supporting American diplomatic posts and humanitarian operations abroad. The shift reflects a growing demand for reliable logistics...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 30, 2025 Montreal, July 30 — TFI International, one of North America’s largest trucking and logistics operators, reported $1.8 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2025, but a slimmer operating margin of 9.5 percent as rising labor and fuel costs weighed on results. The...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 30, 2025 Hong Kong, July 30 — Cross-border cargo traffic between Hong Kong and Guangdong is pushing logistics networks to their limits, leading two major freight associations to renew a pact aimed at smoothing flows. The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) and...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 29, 2025 Lagos, July 29 — Rows of containers stretch for kilometers along the quayside at Nigeria’s busiest port. Cranes stand idle, and truck queues snake toward the highway, horns blaring. For the shippers waiting on everything from electronics to construction materials, each hour of silence...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 29, 2025 Berlin, July 29 — On a gray Tuesday morning, forklifts sit idle at GreenPak Industries, one of Europe’s largest packaging suppliers. The usual stacks of recycled plastic pellets — crucial for producing bottles and food containers — are nowhere to be seen. For Petra...
