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There is a good business case for buying assets that will reduce costs and increase efficiency, but the cycle that generates the cash for those deals doesn’t last forever, writes Jeremy Masters.

Shippers should expect more pressure on truck capacity as Homeland Security and the Justice Department join DOT in shutting down CDL schools and targeting illegal drivers.

The revamped service from Southeast Asia and South China will also be notable because the vessels will completely discharge their inbound containers in Long Beach and reload for the backhaul without calling Oakland.

The latest move in that direction came Monday with MSC announcing it is shifting its Albatros, Jade, Himalaya and Tiger strings back to Red Sea transits, following similar moves by competitors.

The number of truckers on US highways without any type of commercial driver’s license should be as big a concern as non-domiciled CDLs and English language proficiency.

The congestion has affected both international and domestic intermodal shipments moving through the railroad’s Fairburn terminal southwest of Atlanta, sources say.

The carrier Trailer Bridge has reached an agreement with the terminal operator and stevedore to take over cargo handling for its main service to Puerto Rico.

Sources say there are growing instances of transshipment, rolled cargo and skipped calls in the wake of Saudel, while yard density at ports in north and east Asia is becoming another chokepoint.

The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.

SC Ports wants to dredge the Cooper River from its current 48-foot depth to handle larger ships at its North Charleston Terminal.

The larger of the two orders is for a dozen 22,000-TEU ships that the carrier said will “boost [its] competitive advantage” on routes such as the Far East to Northwest Europe.

Rates have been trending higher since the beginning of August due to the dislocation of carrier services linked to a string of storms that have disrupted operations at key ports in China.

An active participant in the port’s clean-air initiatives, Yusen has agreed to spend $200 million on zero-emission equipment at its terminal under terms of the lease extension.

A new report this week says planned gas-fired projects tied directly to US data centers reached 189 gigawatts in the first half of 2026, almost twice as much under development a year ago.

Chassis shortages and local street closures are also contributing to rail and truck dwells that hit their highest in over a year in July.

The UAE-based investor’s acquisition of a majority stake will bolster the logistics company’s efforts to accelerate its technology capabilities and develop new services for shippers.

A hot summer for import containers has sent spot drayage rates up in select markets, with safety concerns now becoming a factor in carrier selection.

Demand for car-carrying capacity now far exceeds the current capability of the global fleet, prompting a raft of newbuild orders.

Potential pitfalls, from tighter Panama Canal restrictions to stronger-than-expected import volumes, should send a warning to shippers importing from Asia to the Americas, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.

Member states will evaluate the baseline net-zero emissions framework and four alternative proposals during a meeting at IMO headquarters next week.

The number of drivers placed out of service in the US and Canada rose almost 19% from the 2025 Roadcheck, with almost 10% of those drivers in the US sidelined for failing to meet English language requirements.

Shippers and large forwarders are turning to data sources that can directly turbocharge their automation ambitions, something the global terminal operator’s SeaRates product could not provide.

With demand softening on the westbound trade lane, carriers continue to withdraw capacity, resulting in slow but steady rate gains through August on routes out of North Europe and the Mediterranean.

Vessels deployed on MSC’s India-Europe “Himalaya Express” service will return to the traditional, shorter route effective with a late-August voyage; the carrier’s five other Asia-Europe strings will follow.

The RXO Curve index shows renewed pressure on spot and contract truckload rates as shippers take more business to bid in late 2026 and fuel costs remain volatile.

The overheated market and its resilience through September would represent a sharp reversal of the general thinking among industry participants from just one month ago.

It is the carrier’s second massive terminal investment in the Middle East in the past few months and highlights the important role Jeddah plays as an alternative gateway to the war-torn Persian Gulf.

Acquisition-hungry Descartes made its fourth buy this year, taking over freight brokerage technology vendor Tai.

One of Germanys richest men, Kühne was seen as a visionary in the world of logistics, serving as CEO of Kuehne + Nagel for 17 years before becoming majority owner and then honorary chairman.

Strong project demand from renewables and tech could be curtailed by underinvestment in critical handling and lifting equipment, market executives say.

A veteran lobbyist in Washington, Chris Spear leaves the American Trucking Associations as regulatory changes, tariffs and court verdicts challenge the industry.

Regulators are tightening their oversight of electronic logging devices to deter fraud in driver work hours, squeezing already reduced truck capacity.

The agency in charge of the canal will start limiting the number of ships that can transit each day due to the ongoing lack of freshwater to replenish its locks amid a drought caused by a strong El Niño weather pattern.

Almost a half-million TEUs of capacity at three of China’s main ports went by the boards in the aftermath of Typhoon Dolphin, with Asia-Latin America and Asia-Europe services the most heavily disrupted.

Almost six months of ship attacks, on-again, off-again ceasefires and start-stop Hormuz transits have left liners with little incentive to put ships, crew and cargo in harm’s way by returning to the Persian Gulf too early, analysts say.

While container lines are aiming for a gradual return to Red Sea transits to avoid overloading European terminals, the amount of reactivated proforma capacity is still rising sharply.

The volatile weather pattern poses a growing concern for refrigerated container shipments from Latin America, market experts told a TPM cold-chain webcast.

The company, a provider of widely used forwarding software, told the Australian Stock Exchange it would “fully cooperate” with the investigation after the third raid of its Sydney headquarters in recent years.

The Maersk/Hapag-Lloyd alliance would send ad-hoc sailings through the canal during the rest of 2026 as part of an operational risk assessment and roll out regular Suez transits on the trade lane from January 2027.

The short-sea shipping specialist said its new service connecting Guatemala and Honduras with Houston will begin in September.