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Breakbulk fleet growth to accelerate, but capacity remains constrained

While fleet supply is growing, vessel specialization, low demolition activity, port congestion, and ongoing disruptions to traditional trade lanes are all limiting the amount of ca...

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The growing global demand for clean energy and more energy (think data centers) is driving the growth of heavy lift, special project and breakbulk car...

Structural constraints, trade imbalances are new realities for project cargo

Breakbulk-carrying ship capacity is being artificially skewed by global disruptions, leaving stowage space in high demand, attendees at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges Breakbulk Summit...

Breakbulk trade strength comes despite green fuel uncertainty

Economic indicators that pointed to a soft year for the breakbulk market in 2026 have been overcome by busy US carriers, attendees at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges Breakbulk Summit we...

Colonial Terminals opens new Savannah breakbulk hub

Colonial Terminals has opened a new 25-acre multimodal breakbulk facility serving the Port of Savannah region. The post Colonial Terminals opens new Savannah breakbulk hub appeared...

Risk now a defining variable for breakbulk and project cargo moves

Supply and demand factors now come second to risk mitigation when planning capacity needs and handling for out-of-gauge cargoes.

Prince Rupert’s big bulk-to-container transload facility debuts

The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.

US data center buildout boosts Enstructure’s Gulf Coast network

The breakbulk and bulk terminal operator has quintupled the size of its network with the Logistec acquisition and aims to gain share in industrial end markets.

What Happens When a Truck Is Overweight but the Cargo Cannot Be Reduced

Splitting a heavy shipment sounds like the obvious answer to an overweight truck. Take some cargo off, send it on another vehicle and bring the first truck back within legal limits...

Port giant calls for smarter handling of construction materials

Peel Ports Group promotes greater use of deep-water port consolidation hubs

Manuport Logistics takeover – rumours build

You may recall our ‘M&A rumblings‘ coverage from the end of February. Back then, market talk was that AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) had approached Belgium’s Euroports Group, the owner...

Rhenus moves 4,000 tonnes of wind turbine components via Port of Ploče

Rhenus has completed a major project cargo operation supporting the construction of th...

Operators make additional capacity plans to adapt to strong MPV outlook

Swire and SAL have confirmed deals to secure more ships in a bid to meet expected rising demand for project cargoes.

DP World redraws Hormuz logistics with trucking expansion

The Dubai-based firm plans to grow its truck fleet by about 40% and add new land routes to diversify supply chains linking Europe, the U.S. and Asia to the Persian Gulf.

Port Canaveral Expands Cargo Operations

Port Canaveral and longtime terminal operator GT USA are fueling regional economic growth through a brand-new lease agreement that expands cargo operations by an additional ten acr...

GWC completes major frozen bulk vessel operation in Oman

GWC Group has completed one of the first frozen bulk vessel operations in Oman, expanding its cold chain network across the Gulf region. The operation covered vessel unloading, tem...

DHL Adds Express Delivery for Shipments Up to 6,600 Pounds

DHL Express has launched a service for U.S. businesses shipping large items, with a limit of 2,200 pounds per piece and 6,600 per shipment.

Why COSCO is building a project-cargo armada

Beijing’s specialised carrier is locking up the ships that will move China’s heavy industrial exports and changing how the heavylift market works. COSCO Shipping Specialized Carrie...

Port of Greater Baton Rouge connects Gulf shipping to inland routes via Mississippi River

BATON ROUGE — Moving cargo through Baton Rouge involves a chain of people and infrastructure that most people never see, stretching from water to land.At the Port of Grea...

Cosco finds a way round car-carrier shortage to get BYDs to Brazil

Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, has started shipping BYD electric vehicles in frame containers to Brazil from Zhuhai Port, in China’s Guangdong province. The move is a solutio...

New self-loading tech for bulk cargo vessels cuts freight emissions in HALF

Moving millions of tons of coal, sugar, and other bulk cargo is serious business, and decarbonizing that business presents a number of unique challenges – especially when loading a...

High yields spark new container services on ‘bumpy’ India-Middle East trade

Historically high freight yields are driving a wave of dedicated container services between India and the Middle East, a tradelane that has been through a number of upheavals since...

Rhenus moves 400 tonnes of transformer equipment from China to Canada

Rotterdam's nine-month volume flat as carriers shift transshipment calls

The drop in transit cargo was a deliberate operational trade-off made to free up space for inland freight, which has allowed hinterland volume to grow sharply this year.