By Maria Kalamatas — August 27, 2025 YOKOHAMA — August 27, 2025. On a muggy summer afternoon, shoppers in central Yokohama paused as a boxy, knee-high robot hummed past. Its lid blinked with small LED lights, and a faint electronic chime announced its presence. Some people pulled out phones to take...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 25, 2025 BRUSSELS — August 25, 2025. In a decision that stunned small exporters overnight, several European postal operators have suspended parcels bound for the United States after Washington scrapped its long-standing $800 de minimis exemption. The change means every shipment, no matter how small, now faces...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 25, 2025 NEW YORK — August 25, 2025. The quiet removal of a single customs rule in Washington has triggered ripple effects stretching from Shenzhen factories to European warehouses. By eliminating the $800 de minimis threshold — the duty-free allowance that kept small cross-border parcels flowing...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 25, 2025 BRUSSELS — August 25, 2025. At postal centers in Frankfurt and Milan, parcels bound for the United States sat untouched this weekend, a direct consequence of Washington’s decision to abolish its $800 duty-free de minimis threshold. For Europe’s logistics providers, the change has landed...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 25, 2025 NEW DELHI — August 25, 2025. The normally steady flow of small parcels from India to the United States has come to an abrupt halt. Over the weekend, India Post announced the suspension of most postal services to the U.S., citing a lack of...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 25, 2025 ISTANBUL — August 25, 2025. At Istanbul’s vast cargo terminal this morning, handlers in reflective vests rushed to load pallets of electronics, textiles, and medical supplies into the belly of a Boeing 777 freighter. The destination board read Almaty, one of four new routes...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 22, 2025 DERBYSHIRE — August 22, 2025. At night, when passenger jets fall silent across much of the UK, East Midlands Airport comes alive. Convoys of trucks arrive, cargo handlers move at speed, and freighters queue on the tarmac. It is here, far from the crowded...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 22, 2025 NORTHAMPTON, August 22, 2025 — British retailer Marks & Spencer is making one of the largest bets in its history on supply chain automation. The company has confirmed a £340 million investment in a vast distribution hub outside Northampton, a site that will be...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 22, 2025 LONDON, August 22, 2025 — In Britain’s crowded aviation market, one regional airport is quietly rewriting the rules of air freight. East Midlands Airport, long considered a specialist hub, has reported freight growth close to 20% this year, a figure that sharply contrasts with...
By Maria Kalamatas — August 22, 2025 BHUBANESWAR, India — August 22, 2025. On the eastern coast of India, cranes at Paradip Port have barely stopped moving this summer. Between April and July alone, the port handled more than 50 million tonnes of cargo — a record start to the fiscal...
