The water level at Kaub, a key gauge point along the river, could drop to zero centimetres in early October, which would mark a new record low. Low-water surcharges are already rising sharply, with consequences for the country's overall economic…

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.

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.

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…