September 2026
Ocean freight procurement teams are rethinking the annual tender as volatile rates, unpredictable surcharges and inconsistent carrier performance make it increasingly difficult to build a freight budget that can survive an entire year.
That was a common theme from recent Xeneta shipper roundtables in Atlanta, Houston and London, where procurement executives described moving toward shorter contracting cycles, indexed rates and hybrid strategies combining long-term contracts with market-linked pricing.
The discussions suggest the ...
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A global retreat from duty-free treatment of low-value e-commerce shipments is pushing billions of parcels toward more conventional customs processes, increasing data, duty collection and compliance requirements for sellers, marketplaces and logistics providers.
The latest pressure point is the U.K., where the government plans to eliminate customs duty relief for imports ...
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Container shipping is heading toward renewed supply pressure in 2027 as accelerating vessel deliveries outpace demand growth, with a return to normal Suez Canal routings potentially adding substantially more effective capacity, according to BIMCO.
The container ship order book has climbed above 14 million TEU, equal to 42 percent of the ...
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Artificial intelligence is beginning to move beyond analyzing logistics operations toward systems capable of independently planning and acting across supply chains, according to DHL's latest assessment of technologies expected to reshape the industry.
The DHL Logistics Trend Radar 8.0 identifies Agentic AI as one of the highest-impact emerging technologies, with potential ...
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Awery Aviation Software has launched a beta tool allowing air cargo companies to query operational data stored in its enterprise resource planning platform directly through AI applications including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Cursor.
The Ask Awery functionality uses Model Context Protocol, or MCP, to connect AI applications with data held in ...
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Dachser is acquiring longtime Scottish partner Drummond Distribution, giving the German logistics provider its first company-owned locations in Scotland and expanding its European groupage network.
Drummond operates five locations across Scotland's Central Belt between Glasgow and Edinburgh, with about 46,500 square meters of warehouse space, 100 trucks and 80 trailers. The ...
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” Line) has taken delivery of the 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier Puteri Kelantan, the third in a series of new vessels for Petronas LNG Ltd.
The vessel was delivered Sept. 24 by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. in China and is owned by a joint venture led by ...
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Dutch chartering company Transito has launched a service combining sea freight and inland shipping under a single contract as low water on the Rhine and port disruptions complicate cargo movements between European seaports and the hinterland.
The Total Freight service covers the ocean or short-sea voyage, port handling, transshipment and onward ...
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Turkish Airlines has finalized an order with Boeing for as many as 150 737 MAX aircraft as the carrier continues a major expansion of its fleet and Istanbul hub network.
The agreement includes firm orders for 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft and options for another 50 737 MAX jets. Turkish Airlines also ...
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FBJNA – How It Works, with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report – With U.S. tariffs increasing the cost and complexity of importing goods, companies are taking another look at a longstanding customs tool that can defer, reduce or, in some cases, eliminate duties: the foreign-trade zone.
Foreign-trade zones, or FTZs, ...
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