Alexandra Blake

Typhoon Backlog and the Suez Return: Asia Europe Capacity in Late 2026

Typhoon Dolphin closed Shanghai and Ningbo for about 3 days in August 2026 and left roughly 2.4 million TEU of capacity waiting across North Asia, with Typhoon Saudel due to make landfall on 27 to 28 August. In the same weeks MSC restored 4 east west services through Suez and Red Sea transits reached their highest level since early 2024. How to sequence bookings around both.

Iraq's Development Road in 2026: Engineering Designs Complete, Financing Open

Railway designs for Iraq's 1,200 kilometre Development Road hit 95 percent in August 2026 and the Grand Faw tunnel reached 86 percent, while the 17 billion dollar financing question stays open: Turkey says the money is secured, Iraq is still designing a mechanism to raise it. What is built, what is drawn and why the route does not escape Hormuz.

Panama Canal Cuts Vessel Draft and Caps Transits: The 2026 Capacity Squeeze

Neopanamax draft fell from 49.5 feet in early July 2026 to 48.5 feet on 15 August, and the next two steps were then postponed: 48.0 feet to 2 September and 47.5 feet to 1 October. On 20 August the canal added a transit cap of 34 slots from 4 September and 32 from 15 September. This is the schedule, the auction pricing behind it and why the Rio Indio reservoir arrives too late to matter.

Thailand's Land Bridge Is Off the Table in 2026: What It Means for Malacca Routing

A review committee reported on 24 July 2026 that the Chumphon to Ranong Land Bridge was not worth building, and the cabinet withdrew its environmental assessments in early August. The financial return had fallen from 8 percent to 4.8 percent, and the prime minister calls the scheme postponed rather than dead. Here is what replaces it, and why Malacca has no bypass this decade.

The World's Largest Crude Oil Export Terminals in 2026: Capacity and Availability

Ras Tanura is the largest crude loading facility on earth, and it loaded nothing between 2 March and 26 June 2026. This ranking sets capacity against actual 2026 availability across Saudi, Iraqi, United States and Russian export terminals.

The World's Largest LNG Export Terminals in 2026, Ranked (After the Ras Laffan Strikes)

Ras Laffan still leads on paper at 77.1 mtpa across 14 trains, but missile strikes on 18 and 19 March 2026 removed 12.8 mtpa for 3 to 5 years, and Freeport is offline after a fire, so Sabine Pass at about 30 mtpa is the largest plant both undamaged and running. Here is the 2026 ranking with nameplate, available and under-construction capacity stated separately.

The Most Automated Container Terminals in the World in 2026

Only about 3 percent of container terminals run automation, and roughly 4 percent of global container capacity moves through automated systems, yet the 76 counted facilities hold 14.7 percent of terminal area. Tuas opened three more Phase 1 berths in August 2026, and the ILA contract keeps US terminals manual until 2030.

Supply Chain Control Tower in 2026: Build, Buy, or Admit It Is a Dashboard

A control tower detects a problem, decides the response, and makes sure it happens. If it detects and displays only, it is a dashboard. Four layers, the maturity ladder, build versus buy, and the five measures that survive a finance review.

Freight Booking Software in 2026: What Small Shippers Should Actually Compare

Convoy shut down in October 2023 after raising over a billion dollars, which is the clearest lesson in this market. Four product categories get called freight booking software, and the integration question decides whether any of them removes work.

The Biggest Rail Yards in the World in 2026, Ranked (Acres vs Cars Per Day)

Bailey Yard covers 2,850 acres and sorts about 14,000 cars a day, while Zhengzhou North averages over 24,000. Here are the world's biggest rail yards ranked, and why American railroads shut their largest humps and are now spending money to rebuild them.

The Busiest Air Cargo Trade Lanes in 2026, Ranked (Tonnage vs Direction)

Three corridors carry about 60 percent of the world's air freight, and in July 2026 one EU rule change took nearly a quarter of the volume off one of them. The busiest air cargo lanes ranked, with what direction does to your rate.

The Busiest Ports in Africa in 2026, Ranked (Boxes vs Corridor Reach)

Tanger Med handled 11,106,164 TEU in 2025, up 8.4 percent, and 161 million tonnes of cargo. Only four African ports made the Lloyd's List top 100, and Durban is no longer one of them. Here is the ranking, plus the column no ranking publishes: how much of each port's volume is relay traffic that never enters a local economy.