Airport community systems: can they put all the pieces together?

ID 150204970 © Brainstormoff | Dreamstime.com 04/06/2026 Ground handlers have warned that airport community systems risk adding complexity, rather than removing it.  Airport community systems can play a critical role in improving efficiency across the air cargo supply chain, but only if they are designed to remove bureaucracy rather than simply digitise it, delegates at […]

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Intra-Asia lanes gain capacity and rates soar as Middle East loses out

04/06/2026 Intra-Asia rates are now more than 80% higher than before the US/Israel conflict against Iran, as bottlenecks hinder shipping lines’ attempts to move vessels out of the Middle East and refocus on Asia. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index shows that on 29 May, average intra-Asia rates were 7% above the previous fortnight, at $1,008 per

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India’s Nayara Completes Maintenance at 400,000-Bpd Refinery

India’s Nayara Energy, which processes Russian oil, has completed a planned turnaround of its 400,000-barrels-per-day refinery at Vadinar, the Indian refiner said on Thursday. Nayara Energy, in which Rosneft holds 49% and which has been processing only Russian oil for months after the EU sanctions on the company, could boost fuel supply to the Indian

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Freight rate boomerang? ‘I absolutely despise the carriers and their behaviour’

D 92162930 © Rafael Ben Ari | Dreamstime.com 04/06/2026 The sudden turn in spot freight rates and contract rate-related costs on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades over the past fortnight has caught almost every stakeholder by surprise. Yes, ocean carriers had been aggressively pushing for spot rate increases since the closure of Hormuz, but after

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Iraq Revives Kurdistan Production in Bid to Rescue Oil Revenues

Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi has directed oil companies operating in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to resume operations beginning on Thursday, as OPEC’s second-largest producer scrambles to export crude with the Strait of Hormuz de facto closed. At a meeting with executives from oil companies operating in Kurdistan and top officials from the

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House Passes War Powers Measure on Iran, But Trump Will Likely Kill It

The House voted 215-208 on Wednesday to direct President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the Iran conflict, with four Republicans crossing the aisle in the most significant congressional pushback on Operation Epic Fury since the war began Feb. 28. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), invokes the 1973 War Powers Act

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John Crane retrofit helps copper mine save around 288 000 litres of sealing water per day on critical tailings pump

Published by Jody Dodgson, Editorial Assistant Global Mining Review, Thursday, 04 June 2026 09:00 Advertisement John Crane, a global leader in flow control technologies and a business of Smiths Group plc, has retrofitted a mechanical seal on a large underflow thickener slurry pump at

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India’s Solar Boom Runs Into a Grid Reckoning

A regulatory overhaul of India’s grid has sparked fears in the solar power industry that they may suffer a negative impact on profitability. The overhaul includes a stipulation regarding penalties for solar generators if they fail to deliver the electricity that they have committed to supply to the grid, Reuters reported. India’s electricity grid is

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