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Fuel Costs Are Squeezing Fleets

Diesel is having its worst year in a decade. Early 2026 brought a supply shock tied to conflict in the Middle East, and prices jumped more than 40% in under two months. By spring, national averages we

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Hankook Tire Manufacturing in Tennessee

The U.S. commercial tire market requires more than product availability; it demands reliable supply, strong value, and tires engineered for the conditions fleets face every day.

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ParcelJul 20, 2026

Is data the most valuable thing in your DC?

If you had asked a warehouse manager five years ago about their company’s inventory management practices, you’d probably have heard a lot about the frequency of cycle counts—both full and partial. The

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Oil prices steady as U.S.-Iran conflict escalates

Brent crude, the international standard, fell 0.4% to $87.77 per barrel but still remained much higher than prewar levels.

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Transpacific trades in unchartered water, with tariff uncertainty at the helm

A declining sales-to-inventory ratio in the US has been one of the key reasons behind the recent volume surge and accompanying spot rate rally on the transpacific trades. The post Transpacific trades

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U.S. gasoline tops $4 a gallon again as Iran war escalates

Fuels have spiked faster than crude since the U.S.-Iran war caused the oil market’s biggest supply disruption. The “real bottleneck” is in refining, Morgan Stanley said in a note.

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OceanX : Breaking down the AI hype – face-to-face is your superpower

The US-Iran conflict has resumed its escalation spiral and appears poised to expand from Hormuz to the Red Sea. Carriers will once again reap the rewards, with Hapag-Lloyd upgrading its 2026 forecast

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A new era for shippers, with blanked sailings now a fact of life

Container shipping has entered a new era of structurally constrained capacity, as carriers routinely withdraw 10% to 14% of scheduled space through blanked sailings, according to new analysis from Sea

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Graham’s sanctions bill set to detonate global sourcing? Model it!

In a nutshell: the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 authorizes tariffs of up to 100% on the top five purchasers of Russian energy. China and India are the principal targets. If enacted

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Incheon Port aims to boost container flows from Malaysia and India

South Korea’s Incheon port is seeking to open more container shipping links with Malaysia’s Port Klang and India’s emerging market. The post Incheon Port aims to boost container flows from Malaysia an

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AirJul 20, 2026

Poland wary of China ecommerce as it eyes role as Europe’s new cargo hub

Poland’s ambition to build one of Europe’s newest air cargo gateways comes with an unusual caveat: it is not prepared to chase Chinese ecommerce traffic at any cost. The post Poland wary of China ecom

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The cost of non-compliance just escalated from ‘line item to prison sentence’

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French customs shake-up raises the bar rather than closing the door

Following France’s abolition of Regime 42 for non-EU businesses, UK shippers and freight forwarders are increasingly turning to DAP (Delivered at Place) 42 terms to bypass challenges. The post French

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Segro rejects third sweetened proposal from Prologis at $18.2bn

Prologis: Third Proposal and Introduction of a Partial Cash Alternative The post Segro rejects third sweetened proposal from Prologis at $18.2bn appeared first on The Loadstar.

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Sanctioned Heavy-Lift Ships Deliver Key Arctic LNG 2 Modules to Russia, Pointing to Construction Restart

Two sanctioned heavy-lift vessels carrying key top-side modules for Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project have arrived at Novatek’s Belokamenka construction yard after a journey of nearly 2½ months from easte

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