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...
New York, United States — 9 September 2025 The numbers speak for themselves. Less than two weeks after Washington scrapped the de minimis threshold, international parcel flows handled by USPS have collapsed by around 80 percent. What was once a steady stream of small fashion items, gadgets and home accessories has...
Cherchell, Algeria — September 9, 2025 Bulldozers are back on the coast near Cherchell. After years of silence, Algeria has revived work on El-Hamdania, a deep-water port project valued at 4.7 billion dollars and backed by Chinese partners. The site, about 80 kilometers west of Algiers, had stood idle, a symbol of...
Rades, Tunisia — September 9, 2025 At Rades, the country’s busiest container port, the scene has become alarming. Yard space is overflowing. Containers pile up, some left waiting for almost three weeks, and vessels struggle to unload. Port officials now admit that more than 11,000 containers remain stuck inside the terminal. “It’s...
Beijing, China — September 9, 2025 It came quietly, but the numbers tell a warning story. In August, Chinese exports to Russia tumbled — the sharpest drop since March. Factories are slowing, shipments sit longer in ports, and the rumble of unease is growing. “I’ve seen demand dry up,” sighed a Shanghai-based...
