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Canada's Driver Inc. Crackdown Threatens to Drain Trucking Capacity and Push Freight Rates Higher in 2026
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (439+ words) Canada's federal government launched a targeted inspection blitz in Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area on March 5, putting carriers that use the Driver Inc. model on notice that coordinated enforcement from labour inspectors and tax auditors has entered a new…...
Container shipping faces overcapacity and rate pressure amid congestion and route shifts
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (769+ words) Global container shipping markets entered a volatile phase in early February 2026 as overcapacity, falling freight rates, and port congestion combined to disrupt trade flows across key east west corridors. The developments are affecting carriers, shippers, and terminal operators simultaneously, with…...
U.S. Defense Strategy Puts Shipping Lanes on the Front Line as Access Risks Go ‘Always On’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (457+ words) The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy recasts maritime access as a permanent strategic condition rather than a crisis-driven concern, signaling that shipping lanes, chokepoints, and port infrastructure are now treated as continuous levers of economic security and deterrence. For global shipping, energy,…...
Inside Blue Bell Shipping’s Australia Push as Multi-Origin Charters Converge on Western Australia
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (263+ words) Estimated reading time: 2 minutes When project cargo moves from multiple origins toward a single, remote destination, the margin for error narrows quickly. That was the challenge facing Blue Bell Shipping as its Perth and Dubai branches coordinated a series of…...
Why deugro’s 95,000-Pound Upgrade in Texas Signals a Quiet Shift in Project Cargo Handling
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (316+ words) Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Houston and Baytown rarely shout for attention. Yet sometimes a single equipment move says more about where project logistics is heading than any strategy paper. deugro has expanded cargo handling capacity at its 50-acre Cedar Port…...
WiseTech Global Chief Rejects Cash Grab Claims as New Pricing Disrupts Forwarders
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (502+ words) WiseTech Global Chief Rejects Cash Grab Claims as New Pricing Disrupts Forwarders'Breakbulk.News WiseTech Global Chief Rejects Cash Grab Claims as New Pricing Disrupts Forwarders Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The chief executive officer of WiseTech Global has defended a controversial…...
FMC Probes Ocean Carriers Over Chassis Control, Reopening a Fault Line in US Port Trucking
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (574+ words) The Federal Maritime Commission said on January 26, 2026 it has opened a new investigation into whether ocean common carriers are unlawfully restricting truckers and shippers from choosing their own chassis providers, a move that could reshape inland container logistics across major…...
Opinion | Logistics Has Grown Up. Are We Treating It That Way?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (553+ words) I keep hearing people talk about logistics like it is still the boring bit at the back of the business. Trucks. Warehouses. Paperwork. Yet when I read the latest findings from DP World's Global Trade Observatory Annual Outlook Report 2026, I…...
How Fridenson Moved 270 Tons Without a Single Lift in a High Risk Cross Border Refinery Delivery
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (437+ words) Handled end to end by Fridenson Group, the project involved maritime transport from Thessaloniki to Haifa, followed by one of the most complex road transports recently executed inside Israel. The maritime leg was carried out using a roll on roll…...
2 Million Containers, One Terminal: How DP World’s Callao Operation Is Redrawing South America’s West Coast Trade Map
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (542+ words) CALLAO, Peru, January 14, 2026. A threshold that once defined an entire country's container trade has now been crossed by a single terminal. DP World has confirmed that its terminal at the Port of Callao has handled more than 2 million TEUs in…...