Stuart Todd

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China’s trade surplus with Europe is larger than US for the first time

For the first time, China had a larger trade surplus with Europe than with the US over the period of the last 12 months, posing serious questions over the future of European industry.

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Suez Canal traffic returns…with questions

Suez Canal return beckons for ocean shipping lines, and with it, significant challenges.

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London Gateway: More than a deep-water port, an integrated logistics hub

Dubai-based DP World has in just over a decade transformed the site of a former oil refinery into the UK’s fastest-growing deep-sea container terminal, located on the River Thames less than 30 miles from central London.

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Piraeus focus of fresh US-China spat over control of ports

Comments by the US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, have led to a fresh spat with China over the control of major ports.

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SME forwarders not only surviving but flourishing, says WCAworld chief

The twists and turns in the Trump administration’s trade policy and the saga of tariffs on and tariffs off, has created a climate of uncertainty in the global economy throughout 2025.

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China’s trade surplus with Europe larger than with U.S. for first time

China’s trade surplus with Europe has overtaken its surplus with the U.S. for the first time, exposing European industry to mounting competitive pressure from an increasingly dominant Chinese manufacturing and export powerhouse.

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DHL has no plans to merge forwarding and supply chain units

No plans to merge DHL Forwarding and Supply Chain units but greater collaboration in the cards...

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SME forwarders not only surviving but flourishing, says WCAworld chief

The twists and turns in the Trump administration’s trade policy and the saga of tariffs on and tariffs off have created a climate of uncertainty in the global economy throughout 2025, exacerbating what was already a period of low growth, and in some cases, one of stagnation.

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Lufthansa and Air France-KLM call for ‘level playing field’ in the EU aviation sector

The CEOs of Lufthansa and Air France-KLM argue that the EU’s open skies policy gives Gulf and other non-European carriers an uneven advantage, undermining European airlines, employment, and long-term competitiveness.

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ING’s Luman says tariff impacts on UK and EU auto exports to US yet to hit

Rico Luman, Senior Sector Economist, at Dutch bank ING specializing in transport, logistics and the automotive industry in a Q&A with American Journal of Transportation, expects the impacts from the US tariffs hasn’t yet been felt. But he expects over the coming months and beyond, the impacts of US tariffs and trade policies will begin to show.

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