November 16, 2025

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Spot prices for containers outside Asia split sharply this week, with prices on routes to North America falling while lanes between Asia and Europe continued to rise. Read also: US trucking market deteriorates in Q3 2025, reversing brief improvement Trans-Pacific rates have resumed their decline after last week’s brief rise, with Drewry’s latest World Container…

A multi-sectoral workshop sets out next steps for the planned Northern Rail Access Line. Officials in the Concepcion region of Chile have announced the completion of a major milestone in a US$1.35 million pre-feasibility study for a new railway line. A multi-sectoral workshop, held on 4 November and hosted by the Biobio Regional Government in…

Credit they are Uncertainty over long-haul container routes may lead to HMM deploying more ships in emerging markets, such as South America, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, as well as within Asia. South Korea’s major carrier announced yesterday that revenue fell by 4% between January and September,… To read this article you need…

A new study examining 150 years of tariffs in the United States and abroad finds that they significantly disrupt the economy and financial markets, leading to lower inflation. A working paper published Thursday by San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank researchers Regis Barneshon and Ayush Singh concluded that higher tariffs lead to lower economic activity, higher…

DRS is running container trains between Daventry and Coatbridge until the end of the year. Private British freight company Direct Rail Services (DRS) has launched a local wagonload service, initially for a two-month trial period. Trains run six days a week between Daventry in the Midlands and Coatbridge in Scotland. The intermodal service is operated…

Salalah, Oman’s main shipping gateway, appears to have benefited greatly from the flurry of Gemini network calls and restrictions on Indian ports that have forced Pakistani goods to be diverted through transshipment hubs in the region. APM Terminals’ Salalah facility recorded a staggering 26% increase in box volumes in the first nine months of this…

Work is now underway on the first of six sections of the new passenger line linking Saltillo to Nuevo Laredo. Construction began on November 7 for the 133.5-kilometre Arroyo El Sauz-Nuevo Laredo section of the new 393.9-kilometre Gulf of Mexico line from Saltillo via Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo on the US border. The new single-track…