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Brazil Shipbuilding Revival Gains Momentum

Brazil’s shipbuilding sector continues to show signs of revival following the delivery of 13 newly built mineral barges from Bahia aboard the heavy-lift vessel AAL Antwerp, marking another step in a broader industrial recovery tied to mining logistics and inland waterway transport across South America. The barges, each with a capacity of about 2,900 tonnes, were constructed at the Enseada Shipyard in Maragogipe, Bahia, for LHG Mining and will operate along ... [+]

Artemis Restructure Enters New Breakbulk Phase

The successful return to Earth of the Artemis II crew in April signalled a shift in North American heavy-lift transport, from a "test-flight" cadence to a high-volume, industrial-scale logistics operation. However, as NASA announced a massive strategic pivot in its operational aims, the demand for North ... [+]

Technip Energies Employs deugro for US Project

French oil and gas engineering group Technip Energies called on project forwarder deugro recently for a complex U.S. industrial project, involving nearly 50 individual shipments from seven countries. This vast breakbulk operation featured more than 6,600 cubic meters of critical equipment and required precision and collaboration ... [+]

Data Center Surge Drives Heavy-lift Strategies

AI’s explosive growth has brought a breakneck rush to build new data centers across North America, but the surge in capital spending is colliding with physical limitations, forcing rapid change in the breakbulk sector. An estimated 17 gigawatts of AI capacity are under construction in the ... [+]

Vancouver USA Posts Cargo Record 170M Tonnes

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority reported record cargo volumes in 2025, driven by surging exports of crude oil, grain and potash, as Canada’s largest gateway expanded trade ties with Indo-Pacific markets. The Port of Vancouver handled a record 170.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, up ... [+]

UNCTAD: Non-Tariff Impact Bigger Than Tariffs

A new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development warns that regulations, technical standards and other non-tariff measures are becoming a greater obstacle to global trade than tariffs themselves, adding new complexity and costs across international supply chains. The report, Invisible Barriers: The ... [+]

Port Tampa Bay Nets $24M Grant for Port Redwing

Port Tampa Bay has been awarded a US$24 million federal grant to expand bulk handling capacity at its Port Redwing terminal, part of a broader push to strengthen supply chain resilience and accommodate rising cargo demand in the region. The funding, provided through the Maritime Administration’s ... [+]

Port Tampa Bay Adds 2 Post-Panamax Cranes

Port Tampa Bay has taken delivery of two post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes as part of its container terminal expansion, with the units expected to be operational by the end of 2026. The Liebherr cranes will increase lift capacity and allow the port to handle up to three ... [+]

Long Beach Port Launches Green Truck Corridor

The Port of Long Beach and private-sector partners are moving forward with a zero-emissions truck corridor linking the San Pedro Bay port complex with California’s Central Valley, targeting emissions reductions along one of the nation’s busiest inland freight routes. The memorandum of understanding, signed May 12, ... [+]

Geopolitics, Fuel Costs Shock MPV Outlook, MSI

The multipurpose and heavy-lift shipping sector is entering a period of near-term volatility driven by geopolitical disruption and fuel cost escalation, even as longer-term fundamentals remain broadly supportive, according to analysis led by Justin Archard, who oversees the latest Market Sentiment Index (MSI). The second quarter ... [+]

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