Capacity

Carriers are placing massive orders for new ships

Capacity expansion in the container shipping sector is continuing unabated, despite the large orders already on the books. Of the top five, only Hapag-Lloyd is exercising restraint.

Acquisition

Will MSC take over German shipbuilder Meyer Werft?

In 2024, the German government and the state of Lower Saxony saved the shipyard from bankruptcy with 400 million euros in liquidities and credit facilities totalling 2.6 billion euros. MSC aquiring the company would would continue the vertical…

War in the Middle East

US Navy to up number of Hormuz escorts

This way, the US military aims to bring shipping traffic through the strategic strait as close as possible to its previous level of roughly 130 passages per day, US Rear Admiral Matthew Kawan said at the annual conference of transport insurers.

Informal EU Transport Ministers’ Council

Germany, Austria, and Luxembourg are driving forward eSAF funding

The three member states are preparing the EU’s first commercial dual auctions for eSAF, in a bid to give investors clearer incentives to back new production facilities. The scheme marks a step from research to implementation.

Safety

Red Sea: Italy moves to act alone

In light of the tense Houthi advance along the Yemeniti coast, Italy intends to send its own ships through the strait, accompanied by naval escorts. The government in Rome is not going to wait for a joint EU decision on the matter.

Company News

Kühne + Nagel and Amazon agree on a strategic partnership

The focus is on logistics services for the Amazon Web Services infrastructure. The partnership includes an option to purchase existing KN shares.

Restructuring

DB Cargo turnaround yet to take effect

The DB Group's freight division will not turn a profit by the end of the year, the company's Executive Board has admitted. Cargo chief Bernhard Osburg now plans to extend the turnaround strategy to the group's foreign subsidiaries as well.

Emissions

EU on track to meet its 2030 SAF target

At airports covered by the EU regulation, the share of sustainable aviation fuels stood at 2.8 per cent in 2025, exceeding the 2 per cent target. According to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), production capacity is expected to be…

Customs fraud

Poland pursues freight forwarders over evaded duties

The additional claims, amounting to several hundred million euros, appear to stem from organised gangs' fraudulent dealings involving the shipment of goods from China into the EU. Freight forwarders and other logistics providers are pushing back…

Acquisitions

DHL Supply Chain expands in Latin America

The logistics group is expanding its healthcare logistics business with the acquisition of Open Market in Colombia. Around 4,100 employees will join DHL.

Succession

Thomas Staehelin takes over as head of the Kühne Foundation

Klaus-Michael Kühne's long-standing lawyer and confidant will head the foundation's board. He will take on a key role within a corporate and investment empire that will pass to the foundation following the entrepreneur's death.

Expansion

Cargomar gains a foothold in sea freight

The Bremen-based freight forwarder has launched its own NVOCC, CSE Line, and plans additional services to South America and in air freight.

Red Sea shipping

Carriers edge back to the Red Sea as Houthi threat resurfaces

Some carriers are edging back into the Suez Canal even as Houthi forces tighten their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, having seized several Red Sea islands and a strategic port this month. Market watchers are split on whether the shift back from…

Terminal capacity

Hapag-Lloyd expands DP World partnership in Africa

The Hamburg-based carrier is locking in long-term terminal capacity with DP World across five African locations: existing terminals in Dakar, Luanda and Dar es Salaam, plus two under development in Banana and Maputo. In return, Hapag-Lloyd commits to…

Self-driving trucks

Einride and Lidl put driverless lorries on the road

For the first time, a cab-less, driverless lorry is hauling goods along a German public road – shuttling about 400 metres between a warehouse and a store run by Lidl, the German discount retailer. The permit, Germany's first of its kind, also allows…