Photo: © Mykhailo Polenok, Dreamstime.com 27/05/2026 The Canadian government has been aggressively pursuing trade agreements with partners around the world to reduce the economy’s reliance on US trade, and is pouring money into transport infrastructure to support this. However, a new study raises questions about the nation’s ability to boost maritime traffic. With little over

© Igor Gromov, dreamstime.com 27/05/2026 The China Container Industry Association (CCIA) expects manufacturing output to drop by as much as 30% this year, because of a rebalancing of supply and demand. Chinese manufacturers produce 95% of the world’s containers and, after record output in 2021, 2024, and 2025, downward pressure on prices is expected. Last

27/05/2026 If you listened to the calls of all the major actors in transport and logistics (T&L) during the earnings season that has just ended, you’d know that the Middle East crisis barely affected their financial performances during the first quarter (Q1 26). Booking platform Freightos (CRGO) is different. Mixed For one thing, it processed

27/05/2026 The first generation of digital freight forwarders once appeared to be converging on a single idea: combine software with logistics execution, automate the workflows, and gradually become the operating system for global trade.  Increasingly, however, the sector’s players are heading in very different directions.  For the UK’s Beacon, the answer was to step away from freight forwarding altogether. CEO Fraser Robinson recently told The Loadstar the company had concluded that

ID 88635271 © Designer491 | Dreamstime.com 27/05/2026 One of the top performers in Q1 26, Expeditors’ strength, once again, boiled down to its unique product portfolio mix, where customs house brokerage (CHB) stood out. That powerfully defensive proposition – something DSV is also looking to exploit, scaling “customs AI across every market“, as discussed at

Sandvik have launched AutoMine Aura, a first-of-its-kind underground mining automation platform that has been fully engineered for the future.

A tanker loaded with crude oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve has set off from the Gulf of Mexico to the Philippines in what is the first U.S. oil shipment to Asia since late 2022, Reuters reported, citing shipping data. The rare move yet again highlights the rearrangement of energy flows resulting from the

Bullish Walmart shrugs off tariff risk – thank the right ‘business model design’ Investor day: key takeaways on inventory, trade wars, AI, automation… Walmart Apr 11, 2025• 0 Comments• Share  

A dozen financial institutions from Scandinavia have urged the European Commission to remain firm in its opposition to Arctic oil drilling even as the bloc faces physical oil shortages in weeks, according to energy experts. “The Arctic is one of the planet’s most vulnerable ecosystems and home to unique wildlife …. Further oil and gas

Introduction MEC Case Study: Reducing Geotechnical Uncertainty Before Final Investment Decision Project Stream: Feasibility / Bankable / DefinitiveProject Stage: Due DiligenceType of Mine: UndergroundRegion: Queensland, AustraliaCommodity: Hard Coking Coal… The post Brownfields Longwall Due Diligence for Underground Coal Expansion appeared first on MEC.