© Rehman Asad 2 November 2026 Bangladesh’s garment shippers face missed sailings and mounting pressure on delivery schedules as labour protests halt production and disrupt cargo movements to Chittagong port. Production was suspended at around 690 garment factories today, according to the latest information from Bangladesh, while roadblocks hampered the movement of export cargo from

Container shipping health check – more room to manage the next supply wave Experts’ views, strength, winners Congestion indigestion orderbook Rates: the eternal tango Supply chain radar Wan Hai 15 September 2026• 0 Comments• Share  

AI-generated 2 November 2026 Disruption to ocean shipping is not triggering a large-scale switch to airfreight – the cost of emergency lift is keeping most shippers at sea, according to DSV.  Speaking at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami last week, head of global airfreight Achim Martinka said such decisions depended on whether the business

ID 2885224 © Winterling | Dreamstime.com 2 November 2026 Delve straight into the numbers. In a nutshell: Chinese state-owned container line Cosco Shipping Holdings; (CSH) profit rose a whopping 81% in the third quarter as port congestion and long reroutes tied up ships and lifted freight rates, while Cosco Shipping Ports, the terminal operator it

AI-generated 2 November 2026 Companies that have faced a cyber attack are now increasingly likely to face lawsuits too, from customers or staff over any breach of data security.  JB Hunt is the latest: it is facing four proposed class actions, after a cybercrime group claimed to have taken employee information and millions of business

FreightWaves: Is UPS parcel pivot a strategic winner or a ‘Trojan horse’? FREIGHTWAVES reports: For 18 months, United Parcel Service management has talked about shedding unprofitable e-commerce volume … FreightWaves UPS 14 October 2026• 0 Comments• Share  

The Escalator: CH Robinson’s Carrier of the Year Problem On September 17, 2025, CH Robinson published its Carrier of the Year winners. In the … CH Robinson Premium Legal Insight The Escalator 29 September 2026• 0 Comments• Share  

2 November 2026 In this bonus episode of The Loadstar Podcast, we catch up with Loadstar publisher Alex Lennane, fresh from Miami, where she attended TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum (ACF). Ms Lennane shares her key takeaways from the event, including the atmosphere on the ground, major leadership changes across the air cargo industry, and what

© Khunaspix Dreamstime. 2 November 2026 Global schedule reliability has become more seasonal, while weekly liner service deployments have grown increasingly volatile since the pandemic, according to new analysis by Sea-Intelligence. Drawing on its Global Liner Performance database, which tracks monthly vessel arrivals from July 2011 to September 2026, the consultant found a stronger relationship

ID 159242308 | Sierra Leone © Vladm | Dreamstime.com 2 November 2026 After two ambitious Chinese-backed infrastructure projects were abandoned or stalled, Sierra Leone is turning to another Chinese partner to develop a “national” shipping industry. The financing model has changed, but familiar questions remain. On 19 October, Sierra Leone inaugurated its new national shipping