Logistics

ZIM Hapag-Lloyd mergers and acquisitions

ZIM Shareholders Approve 4.2 Billion Dollar Sale to Hapag-Lloyd With 97.36% Vote

Supply Chain May 4, 2026 - Monday

Ukraine Imposes Türkiye Clause on USV Sale to Greece

Ukraine Greece Turkey

Supply Chain May 4, 2026 - Monday

Iran Says US Hormuz Intervention Would Breach Ceasefire; CENTCOM Backs Freedom Project With 15,000 Personnel

Strait of Hormuz Iran USA

EU 20th Sanctions Package Kyrgyzstan United Arab Emirates

eutoday.net

EU's 20th Sanctions Package Targets Kyrgyzstan for the First Time

Mercuria Drags 282-Year-Old Baltic Exchange to London High Court

Mercuria Baltic Exchange TD3C

Ireland-based Ardmore Shipping orders two 40,500 dwt product and chemical tankers at China's Wuhu Shipyard

Ardmore Shipping Wuhu Shipyard China

Costamare COSCO Shipping container shipping

Costamare signs $2.8bn long-term charter deal with COSCO Shipping for 16 containerships

Iran Spokesperson Baghaei: U.S. Response to Our 14-Article Proposal Arrived Via Pakistan

Iran USA Pakistan

Egypt-to-Russia Bulker Zaltron Breaks Down on Istanbul Strait, Two-Way Traffic Suspended

Istanbul Strait Zaltron Bulk Carrier

Swedish Coast Guard Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Suspect Jin Hui Off Trelleborg

Sweden Coast Guard shadow fleet

OPEC+Oil Production Saudi Arabia

OPEC+ to Lift June Output by 188,000 Barrels per Day as Saudi Arabia, Russia and Five Allies Sign Off

Polish Seaports Pivot to Accessibility and Infrastructure as Gdansk Baltic Hub Tops 2.7 Million TEUs

Poland Port of Gdansk Baltic Hub

turkiyetoday.com

Ukraine Strikes 2 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers at Novorossiysk; Primorsk Oil Terminal Also Hit

Ukraine Russia Novorossiysk Port

Iran's NITC VLCC HUGE Beats U.S. Blockade with AIS Blackout + Lombok Strait Tactic: 1.9M Barrels of Crude Reach Far East

Iran NITC HUGE

Magnitude 3.0 Quake Off Azerbaijan in the Caspian: No Impact on Ports, Shipping Lanes or Offshore Energy Infrastructure

Caspian Sea Azerbaijan earthquake

MSC Launches Europe-Red Sea-Middle East Express via Saudi Landbridge

MSC Saudi Arabia Red Sea

Kremlin Sends Clear Signal: Russia Is Not Leaving OPEC+

Russia OPEC+Kremlin

Russian Gas to Europe via TurkStream Rises 7% to 6.2 Billion m³ in January-April 2026

TurkStream Russia natural gas

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules in Yapı Merkezi's Favor

Yapı Merkezi Ethiopia LCIA

USS Nimitz USS Gridley Southern Seas 2026

newsroompanama.com

U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz and Destroyer USS Gridley in Panamanian Waters

Hormuz Blockade Splits the Gulf: Saudi Arabia and Oman Reap Oil Windfall as UAE Income Falls

Strait of Hormuz Saudi Arabia Oman

Iran's Hormuz-Opening Proposal Rejected by Trump: 'Diplomacy Preferred Over Military Path'

Iran Strait of Hormuz Donald Trump

Iran Parliament Rewrites Strait of Hormuz Rules

Iran Strait of Hormuz İran Meclisi

Oil tanker M/T EUREKA hijacked off Yemen's Shabwa coast, vessel diverted toward Somalia via Gulf of Aden

oil tanker Yemen Gulf of Aden

Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Otoyolu Abdulkadir Uraloğlu Mersin

Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Highway 88% Complete: 2.5-Hour Drive Drops to 18 Minutes With Projected ₺3.038 Billion in Annual

India Great Nicobar Island Galathea Bay

India Plans 14.2m TEU Great Nicobar Transshipment Hub at Galathea Bay

Technology May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Maxion Wheels Cuts Steel Wheel Carbon Footprint 50%+ for Daimler Truck's reECONIC

Maxion Wheels Daimler Truck reECONIC

Mersin Tops Türkiye's Citrus Exports With 46.7% Share: $325.6 Million and 288,000 Tonnes Shipped in Q1 2026

Mersin turunçgil Export

Spirit Airlines iflas jet yakıt krizi

Spirit Airlines Suspends Operations: Bankruptcy as Jet Fuel Hits $4.51/Gallon, 4,000+ Flights Cancelled

Technology May 2, 2026 - Saturday

OKT Trailer artificial intelligence e-Nokta

OKT Trailer Unveils 'e-Nokta' AI System, Targets Fully Autonomous Operations by 2030

Türkiye's April 2026 Exports Reach $25.4 Billion, Second-Highest Monthly Record; Automotive Leads at $3.9 Billion

Export Automotive Turkey

Silifke-Mut-Sertavul Highway Cuts 35 Minutes: Annual TRY 1.058B Savings, Faster Access to Taşucu Port

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu Silifke Mut

Strait of Hormuz gübre yara international

Hormuz Bottleneck Hits Fertilizer Supply: 300 Bulkers Stuck in Gulf as Yara Warns of Global Auction

yenisafak.com

Trump Administration Notifies U.S. Congress That Iran War Has 'Ended' — 60-Day War Powers Deadline Expires

Trump USA Iran

EU Parliament Trade Chief Bernd Lange: Trump's 25% Tariff Threat on EU Cars and Trucks 'Unacceptable'

EU USA Trump tariffs

shippingwatch.dk

Insurers Now Require Iranian Approval Before Hormuz Passage

P&I insurance Strait of Hormuz

BYD in Talks to Take Over a Section of Volkswagen's Dresden Transparent Factory

BYD Volkswagen Dresden

Ciner Holding Steps Into the LPG Market: $500 Million Talks With HD Hyundai for Four VLGCs

Ciner Holding HD Hyundai VLGC

Panama Canal José Raúl Mulino CK Hutchison

Panama Caught Between Washington and Beijing Over the Canal

Infios Körber Supply Chain Software Ed Auriemma

Trendyol Scales 'Gel-Al' (Pick-Up) Service to 10,000 Points Across 81 Provinces

Trendyol Trendyol Express TEX

Technology May 1, 2026 - Friday

logisticsbusiness.com

Infios Launches AI Agents for Supply Chain Execution: Predictive, Generative, Agentic and Conversational AI in One Stack

U.S. Targets Iran–China Oil Pipeline in Dual Sanctions Move on Shipping and Finance

supply chain Sanction USA

IMO Net Zero Framework Survives MEPC 84 as U.S. Pushback Fails, Carbon Pricing Decision Slated for December

KEGM Signs With Med Marine for Two 80-Ton Bollard Pull Emergency Response Tugs at Ereğli Shipyard

KEGM Med Marine Ereğli Tersanesi

supplychaindive.com

Trump Targets EU Cars and Trucks with 25% Tariff, Citing Trade Deal Non-Compliance

Donald Trump tariff European Union

US Naval Blockade Squeezes Iran Oil Exports, Strands 41 Tankers With 69 Million Barrels in Floating Storage

Iran savaşı USA deniz ablukası

Gebrüder Weiss opens €100 million Logistics and IT Center in Wolfurt, Austria

Gebrüder Weiss Avusturya Wolfurt

Khamenei: Iran Will Not Relinquish Control of Strait of Hormuz, New Legal Framework on the Way

Mojtaba Hamenei Iran Strait of Hormuz

Somali korsanlığı JMIC maritime security

Somali Piracy Resurfaces as JMIC Issues 'Credible Threat' Warning while Hormuz Crisis Stretches Naval Security

transpasifik container shipping navlun

Trans-Pacific Container Spot Rates Defy Downtrend as War-Driven Demand Lifts WCI 2%, Xeneta Up 50%

OFAC ABD Hazine Bakanlığı Strait of Hormuz

US Treasury Expands OFAC Alert: Strait of Hormuz 'Toll' Payments Trigger Sanctions Risk for Shipowners

Venezuela oil exports hit 7-year high at 1.23 million bpd as US, India and Europe ramp up buying

Venezuela petrol ihracatı PDVSA

Etihad Rail Freight Completes UAE's First Finished-Vehicle Train Run, Hauling Nissan Cars to ICAD Dry Port

Etihad Rail Etihad Rail Freight UAE

Foreign-Flag Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Storm Off Karasu; Turkish Coast Guard Mobilizes to Evacuate 8 Crew

Karasu Sakarya Sahil Güvenlik

Klaipeda Limanı Litvanya yeşil hidrojen

Klaipėda Port Receives Construction Completion Certificate for Green Hydrogen Station

Goodwill Maritime Genco Shipping Cobelfret

Goodwill Maritime Exits Capesize Segment with $65M Lowlands Spirit Sale to Genco

Swire Shipping Revises Emergency Bunker Surcharge Effective May 12, 2026

Swire Shipping EBS bunker yakıt

BIMCO Unveils CO2TIME 2026, Industry's First Standard Charter Party for Liquefied CO2 Shipping

BIMCO CO2TIME 2026 LCO2

Clarksons Acquires Peruvian Shipbroker Serpac International to Expand South America Footprint

Clarksons Serpac International Peru

Descartes Report: U.S. Port Imports Endured a Chaotic Year in 2025 Under Tariff Shocks

Descartes US Ports tariff

Ocean Network Express ONE Jeremy Nixon

Ocean Network Express's FY2025 Net Profit Drops 92% to $338 Million Amid Geopolitics and Overcapacity

hindistan cevizi yağı tanker güvenliği kargo tankları

Underestimated Risks of Coconut Oil Cargoes: Toxic Gas and Oxygen Depletion Hazards

Otokar (Koç Holding) Acquires 96.77% of Romania's Automecanica SA for €85 Million

Otokar Koç Holding Automecanica SA

Iran ABD ablukası Kuzey-Güney Koridoru

Iran Plans to Shift 40% of Its Trade to Land Corridors Against the U.S. Blockade, with INSTC at the Core

Iran Babülmendep Boğazı Strait of Hormuz

Iran Signals Bab el-Mandeb Closure: Houthis Ready Strait Blockade as Hormuz Remains Shut, Dual-Strait Crisis Risk

OOCL Orders 12 LNG Dual-Fuel 13,600 TEU Container Ships from Hudong-Zhonghua

OOCL Hudong-Zhonghua COSCO

US CENTCOM: 42nd Commercial Vessel Turned Back in Iran Blockade, 69 Million Barrels of Oil Stranded

USA CENTCOM Iran

Dardanelles Zephyr Prosper ham petrol tankeri

Zephyr Prosper Tanker Suffers Engine Failure in Dardanelles, Two-Way Traffic Suspended

Çobantur Logistics LTL parsiyel taşımacılık

Cobantur Logistics Anchors 2026 Strategy on Sector-Focused Less-Than-Truckload Model

Ukraine Strikes Sanctioned Marquise Tanker in the Black Sea With MBEC Drones

Ukraine Marquise Tuapse

Euroseas Orders Two 1,800 TEU Bangkokmax Feeder Newbuilds at China's CIMC SOE

Euroseas CIMC SOE Nantong

Technology April 30, 2026 - Thursday

North Star Grows Offshore Wind Fleet to 14 Vessels with Edda Wind SOV Quartet Buy

North Star Edda Wind SOV

Orca AI Samsung Heavy Industries otonom gemi

Orca AI and Samsung Heavy Industries Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Autonomous Shipping

PSA International Boosts China Footprint with Xiamen Container Terminal Group Investment of 20 Million TEU

PSA International Xiamen China

OMSAN Lojistik Signs Fresh 5-Year Contract for Renault Morocco Vehicle Logistics

OMSAN Lojistik Renault Fas

Sweden Confiscates Bulk Carrier Caffa Suspected of Carrying Stolen Ukrainian Grain

Caffa Sweden Ukraine

BW Offshore Signs FEED Agreement with Equinor for Bay du Nord FPSO

BW Offshore Equinor Bay du Nord

Norwind Offshore Edda Wind Navigare Capital Partners

Norwind Doubles Fleet by Acquiring Six CSOVs from Edda Wind

Halifax Shipyard Irving Shipbuilding Canadian Coast Guard

Halifax Shipyard Launches Canada's First Coast Guard Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship CCGS Donjek

CargoBeamer Takes Over Kaldenkirchen Intermodal Terminal in Germany, Eyes Domodossola Next

CargoBeamer Kaldenkirchen Domodossola

FMC Judge Orders OOCL to Pay $45.6 Million in Landmark Bed Bath & Beyond Shipping Case

OOCL FMC Federal Maritime Commission

Berg Propulsion Akdeniz Tersanesi Transka Tankers

Berg Propulsion Lands Propulsion Contract for 8,000-DWT Chemical Tanker at Akdeniz Shipyard

Egypt Plans $400M Ain Sokhna Container Terminal and $2B Chinese-Backed Logistics City

Egypt Ain Sokhna China

Tharsis Ship Management AB Innovation Fund eSeaRiverBarge

Tharsis Secures EU Funding for 378 TEU Zero-Emission Sea-River Container Vessels

DSV Lays Off 7,000 in Schenker Integration; CEO Jens Lund Flags 1,000 More Cuts in Q2

DSV DB Schenker Jens Lund

US Appeals Court Rules Evergreen's Holiday-Weekend Detention Charges in Savannah Were Improper

Evergreen Marine Savannah Limanı FMC

Crude Oil Tanker Market on Ballast Alert: 55% of VLCC Fleet Sailing Empty as Hormuz Crisis Turns Into Demand Shock

VLCC suezmax aframax

Port Newark Container Terminal PNCT MSC

Port Newark Container Terminal Unveils $100M in New Equipment as First Step in $1B Fourth-Berth Expansion

Technology April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Austria's Rail Cargo Group to Deploy Intramotev's Autonomous TugVolt Wagons in First International Rollout

Rail Cargo Group RCG Intramotev

Russian Rail Exports of Iron Ore and Grain Surge in Q1 2026; Kazakhstan Shipments Jump 18-fold

Russia Rail Transport demir cevheri

Delay Tactics Cast Shadow Over IMO MEPC 84 as US Returns and Japan Proposes Removing Carbon Pricing

Technology April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Antwerp-Bruges Limanı RX/SeaPort NxtPort

Port of Antwerp-Bruges Merges RX/SeaPort and NxtPort Into a Single RX/NxtPort Digital Platform

Trump Set to Reject Iran's Hormuz Proposal as Blockade Holds, Brent Tops $113

Donald Trump Iran Strait of Hormuz

COSCO Shipping Holdings container shipping Middle East

COSCO Shipping's Net Income Halves in Q1 2026 as Middle East War Hits Container Lines

Ireland Rolls Out New Road Transporters Support of Up to €1,350 per Vehicle as Fuel Aid Tops €755 Million

İrlanda yakıt desteği dizel

ADNOC L&S Takes Delivery of Sixth Next-Generation LNG Carrier, Built in China

ADNOC ADNOC L&S LNG

Supply Chain · May 4, 2026 - Monday

ZIM Hapag-Lloyd mergers and acquisitions

ZIM Shareholders Approve 4.2 Billion Dollar Sale to Hapag-Lloyd With 97.36% Vote

Container shipping themed illustration representing the 4.2 billion dollar Hapag-Lloyd ZIM acquisition agreement

Supply Chain · May 4, 2026 - Monday

Ukraine Imposes Türkiye Clause on USV Sale to Greece

News imagery covering Ukraine's Türkiye-related end-use restriction on the planned USV (unmanned surface vessel) sale to Greece

Ukraine Greece Turkey

Supply Chain · May 4, 2026 - Monday

EU 20th Sanctions Package Kyrgyzstan United Arab Emirates

Iran Says US Hormuz Intervention Would Breach Ceasefire; CENTCOM Backs Freedom Project With 15,000 Personnel

News image accompanying Iran's parliamentary security chair Ibrahim Azizi's warning to the U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz Iran USA

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

eutoday.net

EU's 20th Sanctions Package Targets Kyrgyzstan for the First Time

Tolmachevo Airport terminal in Novosibirsk illustrating the Russian aviation supply chain and sanctions-circumvention investigation

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Mercuria Drags 282-Year-Old Baltic Exchange to London High Court

Crude oil tanker at sea representing the post-Hormuz dispute over the TD3C tanker freight benchmark

Mercuria Baltic Exchange TD3C

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Ireland-based Ardmore Shipping orders two 40,500 dwt product and chemical tankers at China's Wuhu Shipyard

Tanker construction at Wuhu Shipyard in China

Ardmore Shipping Wuhu Shipyard China

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Costamare COSCO Shipping container shipping

Costamare signs $2.8bn long-term charter deal with COSCO Shipping for 16 containerships

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Iran Spokesperson Baghaei: U.S. Response to Our 14-Article Proposal Arrived Via Pakistan

News imagery of Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei announcing the U.S. response delivered via Pakistan

Iran USA Pakistan

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Egypt-to-Russia Bulker Zaltron Breaks Down on Istanbul Strait, Two-Way Traffic Suspended

Istanbul Strait Zaltron Bulk Carrier

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Swedish Coast Guard Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Suspect Jin Hui Off Trelleborg

Sweden Coast Guard shadow fleet

Supply Chain · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

OPEC+Oil Production Saudi Arabia

OPEC+ to Lift June Output by 188,000 Barrels per Day as Saudi Arabia, Russia and Five Allies Sign Off

Visual of the online meeting in which the seven OPEC+ member countries announced June oil production increase

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Polish Seaports Pivot to Accessibility and Infrastructure as Gdansk Baltic Hub Tops 2.7 Million TEUs

Poland's Gdansk Baltic Hub container terminal on the Baltic coast; cranes with TEU stacks and rail connectivity infrastructure visible

Poland Port of Gdansk Baltic Hub

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

turkiyetoday.com

Ukraine Strikes 2 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers at Novorossiysk; Primorsk Oil Terminal Also Hit

Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel heading toward a Russian shadow fleet tanker near the entrance to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

Ukraine Russia Novorossiysk Port

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Iran's NITC VLCC HUGE Beats U.S. Blockade with AIS Blackout + Lombok Strait Tactic: 1.9M Barrels of Crude Reach Far East

News imagery of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) VLCC HUGE evading the U.S. naval blockade and reaching Far East waters

Iran NITC HUGE

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

Magnitude 3.0 Quake Off Azerbaijan in the Caspian: No Impact on Ports, Shipping Lanes or Offshore Energy Infrastructure

Representative imagery from Wikipedia Commons: Caspian Sea and an oil platform — visual context for regional maritime infrastructure off Azerbaijan

Caspian Sea Azerbaijan earthquake

Logistics · May 3, 2026 - Sunday

MSC Launches Europe-Red Sea-Middle East Express via Saudi Landbridge

Representative imagery from Wikipedia Commons: container ship MSC Vega — illustrative for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co's new Europe-Red Sea-Middle East Express via the Saudi landbridge

MSC Saudi Arabia Red Sea

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Kremlin Sends Clear Signal: Russia Is Not Leaving OPEC+

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov — said Russia is not planning to leave OPEC+ and respects the UAE's sovereign decision to exit OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1

Russia OPEC+Kremlin

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Russian Gas to Europe via TurkStream Rises 7% to 6.2 Billion m³ in January-April 2026

TurkStream gas pipeline — Russian gas flows to Europe via TurkStream rose 7% to 6.2 billion m³ in January-April 2026

TurkStream Russia natural gas

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

USS Nimitz USS Gridley Southern Seas 2026

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules in Yapı Merkezi's Favor

Yapı Merkezi construction site — the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) ruled in favor of the Turkish contractor, ordering Ethiopia Railways Corporation to pay damages exceeding $300 million

Yapı Merkezi Ethiopia LCIA

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

newsroompanama.com

U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz and Destroyer USS Gridley in Panamanian Waters

News imagery of U.S. Navy warships transiting Panamanian waters as part of the Southern Seas 2026 regional security deployment

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Hormuz Blockade Splits the Gulf: Saudi Arabia and Oman Reap Oil Windfall as UAE Income Falls

Liberia-flagged Suezmax tanker Shenlong, loaded with Saudi crude, arrives at Mumbai port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz Saudi Arabia Oman

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Iran's Hormuz-Opening Proposal Rejected by Trump: 'Diplomacy Preferred Over Military Path'

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz near Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026

Iran Strait of Hormuz Donald Trump

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Iran Parliament Rewrites Strait of Hormuz Rules

News imagery of Iranian Parliament Vice Speaker Ali Nikzad announcing the 12-article Strait of Hormuz governance plan during his Bandar Abbas visit

Iran Strait of Hormuz İran Meclisi

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Oil tanker M/T EUREKA hijacked off Yemen's Shabwa coast, vessel diverted toward Somalia via Gulf of Aden

An oil tanker similar to the M/T EUREKA transiting the Gulf of Aden

oil tanker Yemen Gulf of Aden

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Otoyolu Abdulkadir Uraloğlu Mersin

Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Highway 88% Complete: 2.5-Hour Drive Drops to 18 Minutes With Projected ₺3.038 Billion in Annual

Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Highway construction; the 52 km motorway with 7 tunnels and 5 viaducts along Mersin's coastline

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

India Great Nicobar Island Galathea Bay

India Plans 14.2m TEU Great Nicobar Transshipment Hub at Galathea Bay

Representative imagery from Wikipedia Commons: container ship MSC Irina at India's Vizhinjam (Trivandrum) transshipment port

Technology · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Maxion Wheels Cuts Steel Wheel Carbon Footprint 50%+ for Daimler Truck's reECONIC

Maxion Wheels' low-carbon steel wheel developed for the Daimler Truck reECONIC concept vehicle; IFAT Munich 2026

Maxion Wheels Daimler Truck reECONIC

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Mersin Tops Türkiye's Citrus Exports With 46.7% Share: $325.6 Million and 288,000 Tonnes Shipped in Q1 2026

Mersin citrus exports; Mediterranean Exporters Association (AKİB) data and the role of Mersin International Port

Mersin turunçgil Export

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Spirit Airlines iflas jet yakıt krizi

Spirit Airlines Suspends Operations: Bankruptcy as Jet Fuel Hits $4.51/Gallon, 4,000+ Flights Cancelled

Spirit Airlines aircraft; the carrier suspended operations and entered bankruptcy after a jet-fuel cost crisis

Technology · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

OKT Trailer artificial intelligence e-Nokta

OKT Trailer Unveils 'e-Nokta' AI System, Targets Fully Autonomous Operations by 2030

OKT Trailer e-Nokta AI system gala event

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Türkiye's April 2026 Exports Reach $25.4 Billion, Second-Highest Monthly Record; Automotive Leads at $3.9 Billion

Automotive assembly line with finished vehicles ready for export

Export Automotive Turkey

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Silifke-Mut-Sertavul Highway Cuts 35 Minutes: Annual TRY 1.058B Savings, Faster Access to Taşucu Port

Visual of Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu's on-site inspection of the Silifke-Mut-Sertavul Highway construction

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu Silifke Mut

Supply Chain · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

Strait of Hormuz gübre yara international

Hormuz Bottleneck Hits Fertilizer Supply: 300 Bulkers Stuck in Gulf as Yara Warns of Global Auction

Dry bulk vessel waiting in Gulf waters — fertilizer-laden bulkers stranded by Hormuz Strait disruption

Logistics · May 2, 2026 - Saturday

yenisafak.com

Trump Administration Notifies U.S. Congress That Iran War Has 'Ended' — 60-Day War Powers Deadline Expires

News imagery for the Trump administration's notification to the U.S. Congress that hostilities with Iran have 'terminated'

Trump USA Iran

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

EU Parliament Trade Chief Bernd Lange: Trump's 25% Tariff Threat on EU Cars and Trucks 'Unacceptable'

News image showing European Parliament trade committee head Bernd Lange describing Trump's threat to raise tariffs on EU cars and trucks to 25% as 'unacceptable' and the U.S. as an 'unreliable partner'

EU USA Trump tariffs

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

shippingwatch.dk

Insurers Now Require Iranian Approval Before Hormuz Passage

Tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz region — premium tensions and Iranian-approval requirement

P&I insurance Strait of Hormuz

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

BYD in Talks to Take Over a Section of Volkswagen's Dresden Transparent Factory

BYD Volkswagen Dresden

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Ciner Holding Steps Into the LPG Market: $500 Million Talks With HD Hyundai for Four VLGCs

Ciner Shipping — Turkish operator in advanced talks with Korea's HD Hyundai for four VLGC LPG carriers worth approximately $500 million

Ciner Holding HD Hyundai VLGC

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Panama Canal José Raúl Mulino CK Hutchison

Panama Caught Between Washington and Beijing Over the Canal

Panama President José Raúl Mulino — said his country was being 'dragged' between US-China tensions over Panama Canal port concessions

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Infios Körber Supply Chain Software Ed Auriemma

Trendyol Scales 'Gel-Al' (Pick-Up) Service to 10,000 Points Across 81 Provinces

Trendyol smart parcel locker — the 'Gel-Al' (Pick-Up) service has reached 10,000 delivery points in 81 provinces, with 1,800 lockers (500 Trendyol Express-owned) in 26 provinces and 7,300 corner-shop pickup points

Trendyol Trendyol Express TEX

Technology · May 1, 2026 - Friday

logisticsbusiness.com

Infios Launches AI Agents for Supply Chain Execution: Predictive, Generative, Agentic and Conversational AI in One Stack

Infios AI agents — an AI-driven supply chain execution layer coordinating WMS, TMS and OMS in real time

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

U.S. Targets Iran–China Oil Pipeline in Dual Sanctions Move on Shipping and Finance

Crude oil tanker docked at storage terminal, silhouette view

supply chain Sanction USA

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

IMO Net Zero Framework Survives MEPC 84 as U.S. Pushback Fails, Carbon Pricing Decision Slated for December

IMO Headquarters in London; symbolizing the decision to continue Net Zero Framework negotiations after MEPC 84

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

KEGM Signs With Med Marine for Two 80-Ton Bollard Pull Emergency Response Tugs at Ereğli Shipyard

Med Marine 80-ton bollard pull emergency response tug design for the Turkish Straits; representing the contract signed between KEGM and Ereğli Tersanesi

KEGM Med Marine Ereğli Tersanesi

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

supplychaindive.com

Trump Targets EU Cars and Trucks with 25% Tariff, Citing Trade Deal Non-Compliance

Pure Car and Truck Carrier vessel; representing the global auto supply chain impact of the U.S. 25% tariff on EU-origin cars and trucks

Donald Trump tariff European Union

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

US Naval Blockade Squeezes Iran Oil Exports, Strands 41 Tankers With 69 Million Barrels in Floating Storage

Crude oil tanker anchored in Gulf waters

Iran savaşı USA deniz ablukası

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Gebrüder Weiss opens €100 million Logistics and IT Center in Wolfurt, Austria

Exterior of Gebrüder Weiss's new Logistics and IT Center in Wolfurt, Austria

Gebrüder Weiss Avusturya Wolfurt

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Khamenei: Iran Will Not Relinquish Control of Strait of Hormuz, New Legal Framework on the Way

Mojtaba Hamenei Iran Strait of Hormuz

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Somali korsanlığı JMIC maritime security

Somali Piracy Resurfaces as JMIC Issues 'Credible Threat' Warning while Hormuz Crisis Stretches Naval Security

Dhow at sea in the Indian Ocean, representing the Somali piracy threat tied to mothership operations.

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

transpasifik container shipping navlun

Trans-Pacific Container Spot Rates Defy Downtrend as War-Driven Demand Lifts WCI 2%, Xeneta Up 50%

Container vessel departing port, illustrating the trans-Pacific spot freight rate climb.

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

OFAC ABD Hazine Bakanlığı Strait of Hormuz

US Treasury Expands OFAC Alert: Strait of Hormuz 'Toll' Payments Trigger Sanctions Risk for Shipowners

U.S. Central Command imagery of shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, framing the security context of the Treasury OFAC alert.

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Venezuela oil exports hit 7-year high at 1.23 million bpd as US, India and Europe ramp up buying

Venezuela petrol ihracatı PDVSA

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Etihad Rail Freight Completes UAE's First Finished-Vehicle Train Run, Hauling Nissan Cars to ICAD Dry Port

Etihad Rail Freight train loaded with Nissan vehicles, marking the UAE's first finished-vehicle rail shipment

Etihad Rail Etihad Rail Freight UAE

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Foreign-Flag Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Storm Off Karasu; Turkish Coast Guard Mobilizes to Evacuate 8 Crew

Foreign-flagged cargo ship aground off Karasu

Karasu Sakarya Sahil Güvenlik

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Klaipeda Limanı Litvanya yeşil hidrojen

Klaipėda Port Receives Construction Completion Certificate for Green Hydrogen Station

Green hydrogen production station site at the Port of Klaipeda

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Goodwill Maritime Genco Shipping Cobelfret

Goodwill Maritime Exits Capesize Segment with $65M Lowlands Spirit Sale to Genco

Capesize dry bulk carrier Lowlands Spirit at sea

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Swire Shipping Revises Emergency Bunker Surcharge Effective May 12, 2026

Container ship and port operations, symbolizing the global trade routes affected by bunker surcharges

Swire Shipping EBS bunker yakıt

Supply Chain · May 1, 2026 - Friday

BIMCO Unveils CO2TIME 2026, Industry's First Standard Charter Party for Liquefied CO2 Shipping

Liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier vessel from the MOL-Petronas-MISC joint venture

BIMCO CO2TIME 2026 LCO2

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Clarksons Acquires Peruvian Shipbroker Serpac International to Expand South America Footprint

Container ship representing maritime shipping operations along South America's Pacific coast

Clarksons Serpac International Peru

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Descartes Report: U.S. Port Imports Endured a Chaotic Year in 2025 Under Tariff Shocks

Tankers transiting the Houston Ship Channel, representing U.S. port traffic

Descartes US Ports tariff

Logistics · May 1, 2026 - Friday

Ocean Network Express ONE Jeremy Nixon

Ocean Network Express's FY2025 Net Profit Drops 92% to $338 Million Amid Geopolitics and Overcapacity

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

hindistan cevizi yağı tanker güvenliği kargo tankları

Underestimated Risks of Coconut Oil Cargoes: Toxic Gas and Oxygen Depletion Hazards

Crew using safety equipment during coconut oil cargo tanker operations

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Otokar (Koç Holding) Acquires 96.77% of Romania's Automecanica SA for €85 Million

Otokar COBRA II armored vehicle, representing the EU production base secured via the Automecanica SA acquisition in Romania

Otokar Koç Holding Automecanica SA

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Iran ABD ablukası Kuzey-Güney Koridoru

Iran Plans to Shift 40% of Its Trade to Land Corridors Against the U.S. Blockade, with INSTC at the Core

Iranian land transport imagery, representing trade volumes shifting to the North-South Transport Corridor against the U.S. blockade

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Iran Babülmendep Boğazı Strait of Hormuz

Iran Signals Bab el-Mandeb Closure: Houthis Ready Strait Blockade as Hormuz Remains Shut, Dual-Strait Crisis Risk

Bab el-Mandeb Strait strategic waterway, illustrating the dual-strait crisis alongside Hormuz

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

OOCL Orders 12 LNG Dual-Fuel 13,600 TEU Container Ships from Hudong-Zhonghua

OOCL-branded container vessel berthed at port, representing OOCL's order at Hudong-Zhonghua for twelve 13,600 TEU LNG dual-fuel newbuilds.

OOCL Hudong-Zhonghua COSCO

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

US CENTCOM: 42nd Commercial Vessel Turned Back in Iran Blockade, 69 Million Barrels of Oil Stranded

US naval task unit turning back tankers leaving Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz

USA CENTCOM Iran

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Dardanelles Zephyr Prosper ham petrol tankeri

Zephyr Prosper Tanker Suffers Engine Failure in Dardanelles, Two-Way Traffic Suspended

Crude oil tanker Zephyr Prosper after engine failure off Kilitbahir in the Dardanelles Strait

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Çobantur Logistics LTL parsiyel taşımacılık

Cobantur Logistics Anchors 2026 Strategy on Sector-Focused Less-Than-Truckload Model

Cobantur Logistics fleet trucks running European less-than-truckload services

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Ukraine Strikes Sanctioned Marquise Tanker in the Black Sea With MBEC Drones

Tanker Marquise after Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle strike off Tuapse in the Black Sea

Ukraine Marquise Tuapse

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Euroseas Orders Two 1,800 TEU Bangkokmax Feeder Newbuilds at China's CIMC SOE

A feeder-size container vessel berthing at a terminal, illustrating Euroseas's order for two 1,800 TEU bangkokmax newbuilds.

Euroseas CIMC SOE Nantong

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

North Star Grows Offshore Wind Fleet to 14 Vessels with Edda Wind SOV Quartet Buy

North Star Edda Wind SOV

Technology · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Orca AI Samsung Heavy Industries otonom gemi

Orca AI and Samsung Heavy Industries Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Autonomous Shipping

Ship bridge view of Orca AI's situational awareness platform, illustrating the partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries.

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

PSA International Boosts China Footprint with Xiamen Container Terminal Group Investment of 20 Million TEU

RTG cranes and container terminal yard at the Port of Xiamen, illustrating the facility targeted by PSA International's new investment.

PSA International Xiamen China

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Bakir Beton Adds 20 MAN TGX Tractor Units, Expands Operational Capacity

MAN TGX 18.480 BL_SA tractor units delivered to Bakir Beton fleet

Bakır Beton MAN MAN TGX

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Contship Italia Posts 3.5% Growth to 1.71 Million TEUs in 2025

Contship Italia-operated Rail Hub Milano intermodal terminal

Contship Italia EUROKAI TEU

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Fincantieri Takes 51% Controlling Stake in Albania Naval JV with KAYO

Fincantieri and KAYO joint venture announcement for Albania naval platform

Fincantieri KAYO Arnavutluk

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

KPMG Türkiye and TIRPORT Forge Strategic Logistics-Data Partnership

KPMG Türkiye and TIRPORT business partnership announcement image

KPMG TIRPORT Turkey

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

OMSAN Lojistik Signs Fresh 5-Year Contract for Renault Morocco Vehicle Logistics

OMSAN Lojistik vehicle transporter representing the Renault Morocco operation

OMSAN Lojistik Renault Fas

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Sweden Confiscates Bulk Carrier Caffa Suspected of Carrying Stolen Ukrainian Grain

The bulk carrier Caffa under previous name (MarineTraffic / Nicolaj Jepsen), representing the Swedish confiscation tied to suspected stolen Ukrainian grain shipments

Caffa Sweden Ukraine

Supply Chain · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

BW Offshore Signs FEED Agreement with Equinor for Bay du Nord FPSO

Concept design of the FPSO planned for Equinor's Bay du Nord project

BW Offshore Equinor Bay du Nord

Logistics · April 30, 2026 - Thursday

Norwind Offshore Edda Wind Navigare Capital Partners

Norwind Doubles Fleet by Acquiring Six CSOVs from Edda Wind

One of Norwind Offshore's CSOVs serving the offshore wind sector

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Halifax Shipyard Irving Shipbuilding Canadian Coast Guard

Halifax Shipyard Launches Canada's First Coast Guard Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship CCGS Donjek

CCGS Donjek Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship launched into Bedford Basin at Halifax Shipyard

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

CargoBeamer Takes Over Kaldenkirchen Intermodal Terminal in Germany, Eyes Domodossola Next

CargoBeamer terminal site with construction and operations under way at Kaldenkirchen

CargoBeamer Kaldenkirchen Domodossola

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

FMC Judge Orders OOCL to Pay $45.6 Million in Landmark Bed Bath & Beyond Shipping Case

OOCL container ship at Port of Long Beach, representing the FMC ruling awarding $45.6 million reparations in the Bed Bath & Beyond case

OOCL FMC Federal Maritime Commission

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Berg Propulsion Akdeniz Tersanesi Transka Tankers

Berg Propulsion Lands Propulsion Contract for 8,000-DWT Chemical Tanker at Akdeniz Shipyard

Design drawing of the 8,000-dwt chemical tanker to be built at Akdeniz Shipyard under the Berg Propulsion contract

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Egypt Plans $400M Ain Sokhna Container Terminal and $2B Chinese-Backed Logistics City

Illustration of the planned investment package for Egypt's Ain Sokhna port and China-backed logistics city

Egypt Ain Sokhna China

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Tharsis Ship Management AB Innovation Fund eSeaRiverBarge

Tharsis Secures EU Funding for 378 TEU Zero-Emission Sea-River Container Vessels

Tharsis's 378 TEU zero-emission sea-river vessel concept design

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

DSV Lays Off 7,000 in Schenker Integration; CEO Jens Lund Flags 1,000 More Cuts in Q2

DB Schenker truck — DSV–Schenker integration cutting 7,000 jobs — illustrative image

DSV DB Schenker Jens Lund

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

US Appeals Court Rules Evergreen's Holiday-Weekend Detention Charges in Savannah Were Improper

Evergreen Marine Savannah Limanı FMC

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Crude Oil Tanker Market on Ballast Alert: 55% of VLCC Fleet Sailing Empty as Hormuz Crisis Turns Into Demand Shock

Press photograph of a VLCC crude oil tanker sailing in ballast, illustrating the demand crisis that followed the Strait of Hormuz closure.

VLCC suezmax aframax

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Port Newark Container Terminal PNCT MSC

Port Newark Container Terminal Unveils $100M in New Equipment as First Step in $1B Fourth-Berth Expansion

Technology · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Austria's Rail Cargo Group to Deploy Intramotev's Autonomous TugVolt Wagons in First International Rollout

Intramotev's TugVolt autonomous battery-powered rail wagon, illustrating the operational agreement with Rail Cargo Group in Austria.

Rail Cargo Group RCG Intramotev

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Russian Rail Exports of Iron Ore and Grain Surge in Q1 2026; Kazakhstan Shipments Jump 18-fold

Russian freight train carrying iron ore on the rail network, illustrating the export surge to China, Kazakhstan and Türkiye.

Russia Rail Transport demir cevheri

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Delay Tactics Cast Shadow Over IMO MEPC 84 as US Returns and Japan Proposes Removing Carbon Pricing

Technology · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Antwerp-Bruges Limanı RX/SeaPort NxtPort

Port of Antwerp-Bruges Merges RX/SeaPort and NxtPort Into a Single RX/NxtPort Digital Platform

Supply Chain · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Trump Set to Reject Iran's Hormuz Proposal as Blockade Holds, Brent Tops $113

Donald Trump Iran Strait of Hormuz

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

COSCO Shipping Holdings container shipping Middle East

COSCO Shipping's Net Income Halves in Q1 2026 as Middle East War Hits Container Lines

COSCO Shipping Holdings container vessel berthed at Canada's Port of Prince Rupert, illustrating the Q1 2026 profit drop.

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday

Ireland Rolls Out New Road Transporters Support of Up to €1,350 per Vehicle as Fuel Aid Tops €755 Million

Press photograph of fuel-price protests in Ireland, showing the political backdrop to the new support package.

İrlanda yakıt desteği dizel

Logistics · April 29, 2026 - Wednesday