News & Highlights

• Rising Suez vessel transits have North Europe hubs on edge

  October 14th 2026

  A key concern of hubs in the region is that as container services move to the shorter Suez route, they'll begin to overlap ships on services stil (read more)

• Airlines move capacity to booming China, Hong Kong outbound markets

  October 14th 2026

  Freighter operators are adjusting aircraft deployment, schedules and allocations as booking activity takes off on trans-Pacific, intra-Asia and Africa (read more)

• US shipment volumes rose in September, buoyed by manufacturing

  October 13th 2026

  As factory orders and production “pick up a gear,” the Cass Freight Shipments Index is looking more solid entering the fourth quarter. (read more)

• Suez transits on the rise even as Houthi-Saudi hostilities escalate

  October 13th 2026

  Despite the worsening conflict, analyst Linerlytica is expecting a full-scale return to the Red Sea route within the first quarter of 2027. (read more)

• A few positive surprises as African logistics journey begins

  October 13th 2026

  Container shipping analyst Lars Jensen checks in from Africa, where he’s six weeks into an 18-month journey to explore firsthand the logistics oppor (read more)