By Maria Kalamatas | August 6, 2025 – Chicago Echo Global Logistics has been recognized with a 2025 Top Supply Chain Projects Award for its innovative work in retail delivery optimization—a nod to how small operational changes can lead to big impacts across the logistics chain. The award, announced this morning by...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 6, 2025 – Frankfurt While many logistics firms are revising their expectations downward this summer, DHL has quietly stayed the course. The German group released its Q2 financials this morning, revealing a solid performance in the face of weak global trade. With €1.43 billion in operating profit...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 6, 2025 – Jerusalem So, here’s what happened. Freightos brought in two new board members. Not flashy. No big show. Just a clear, deliberate move. The names? Udo Lange, who used to run FedEx Logistics, and Rotem Hershko, a tech exec from Wix. One knows freight, the...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 5, 2025 Antwerp, August 5 — In the outer anchorage, ships are lining up again. At first, it looked like a seasonal fluctuation. But now, with berthing delays stretching past eight days, port managers in Antwerp and Rotterdam are facing a growing backlog — and few...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 5, 2025 New York, August 5 — It wasn’t announced on a stage or teased through glossy slides. The news came out of a closed-door session with port officials in New Jersey: French shipping group CMA CGM will invest $20 billion across the U.S. over the...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 5, 2025 Washington, August 5 — The charts are flat. The trucks are moving — slowly. And the phones, some weeks, barely ring. That’s how one mid-sized freight broker in Indiana summed up the mood after the U.S. Department of Transportation released its latest logistics indicator report...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 5, 2025 Chicago, August 5 — If freight demand is down, you wouldn’t know it by looking at construction sites behind several midwestern terminals. Over the past three months, at least four major LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers in the U.S. and Canada have quietly expanded their operations —...
By Maria Kalamatas | August 5, 2025 Baghdad, August 5 — No fanfare. No political ceremony. Just a line of trucks pulling away from a customs checkpoint near Zakho at sunrise. That’s how Iraq’s new overland trade corridor began its first real test this week. “It’s strange — after years of plans...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 4, 2025 Berlin — July 4 — Germany’s rail freight sector is bracing for a weaker Q3 after preliminary June data from the Federal Statistical Office revealed a 2.8% decline in industrial production, particularly in chemicals, automotive parts, and machinery. Rail operators like DB Cargo and...
By Maria Kalamatas | July 4, 2025 – Seattle Shares of Expeditors International climbed 1.87% this morning, offering a modest boost to investor confidence. But beneath the numbers, analysts warn that the real story may be more complex. “This kind of short-term rally doesn’t necessarily indicate strength,” said Martin Gallagher, a logistics-focused...
