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Logistics News Editor
Gregory Lundin follows the daily pulse of the logistics industry: market moves, technology rollouts and supply chain disruptions. His reporting tracks how global trends translate into operational decisions for carriers, forwarders and shippers.
TAZARA in 2026: The 1.4 Billion Dollar Rebuild of the Copperbelt Corridor
CCECC signed a 30 year concession on 29 September 2025 to rebuild and operate the 1,860 km railway from Zambia's Copperbelt to Dar es Salaam, with a 1.4 billion dollar budget and a 3 year construction schedule restated in April 2026. The freight target is 2.4 million tonnes a year against recent corridor volumes near 500,000. What is committed, what is missing and how the route compares with Lobito.
German Port Strikes in August 2026: The Wage Gap and Your Routing Options
A 24-hour warning strike stopped container handling at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Brake and Emden from the night shift of 17 August 2026. About 5,000 of 11,000 covered workers joined. The third negotiating round opened in Hamburg on 24 August with no result announced by the 25th, and this is what each side wants plus which contingency routings actually hold.
The Biggest Black Sea Ports in 2026: Volumes, and Which Berths Are Reachable
No foreign cargo vessel has entered a Greater Odesa port since around 20 July 2026, and roughly 90 percent of operators have suspended calls. Here are the largest Black Sea ports by tonnage in 2026, where Constanta has shed about a quarter of its throughput since its 2023 record, and what the closure of Ukraine's corridor is doing to Constanta, Novorossiysk and the Georgian terminals.
The Northern Sea Route's First Weekly Container Service: A 2026 Shipper's Read
Sea Legend opened the first scheduled weekly Arctic container service on 15 August 2026: 8 sailings to 3 October, 7 ships, 20 to 22 days to northern Europe. What the transit really saves, why total route volume fell to 37.02 million tonnes, and where insurance plus sanctions stop the business case.
The World's Largest Ship Registries in 2026: Tonnage, Hull Count and Inspection Record
Liberia became the first registry to pass 300 million gt, reaching 307.3 million on 8 June 2026, yet Panama registers 8,540 hulls against roughly 5,000. Here is the 2026 flag state ranking by tonnage and vessel count, plus what the Paris MoU 2025 performance lists say about detentions.
The Biggest Ports in India in 2026, Ranked by Cargo and Containers
Mundra leads India on cargo with 200.7 million tonnes in FY 2024-25, while JNPA closed FY 2025-26 at a record 8.17 million TEU and Vizhinjam reached 2 million TEU inside 18 months. Here is the ranking for 2026, and why the tonnage table and the container table point to different ports.
The Biggest Ports in Asia in 2026, Ranked (Gateway Volume vs Transshipment)
Shanghai moved 51.51 million TEU in 2024, the first port anywhere over 50 million, with Singapore at 41.12 million and Ningbo-Zhoushan near 39 million. Here are Asia's biggest container ports ranked, and why the gateway or transshipment split matters more than the ranking.
The Most Powerful Icebreakers in the World in 2026 (And Why Arctic Cargo Keeps Falling Anyway)
Project 10510 Rossiya is designed for 120 MW and 4 metre ice. The Northern Sea Route moved 37.02 million tonnes in 2025, down for a second year, while transit hit a record 3.2 million. Here are the world's most powerful icebreakers and what the Arctic numbers really say.
The Biggest Ports in Europe in 2026, Ranked (TEU, Tonnage and What Each Number Hides)
Rotterdam moved 14.245 million TEU and 428.4 million tonnes in 2025, Antwerp-Bruges 13.63 million TEU. Here are Europe's biggest ports ranked, why transhipment hubs count containers twice, and why Gdansk growing 23 percent matters more than the top two.
The Biggest Cranes in the World in 2026, Ranked (Lift Capacity vs Terminal Output)
The heaviest lift on record is 20,133 tonnes, and the crane that moves your container is rated near 65. Here are the biggest cranes ranked, why reach beats tonnage at a terminal, and where the US crane tariff suspension leaves buyers before it lapses on 9 November 2026.
The Longest and Heaviest Freight Trains in the World in 2026, Ranked (Records vs Daily Reality)
The record is 7.353 kilometres: 682 wagons, 99,732 tonnes, run by BHP in 2001 and unbeaten since. The number that governs your booking is 740 metres, the European standard. Here is the ranking, and why the gap between the record and the routine is a regulatory story rather than an engineering one.
The Largest Cold Storage Operators in 2026, Ranked (Capacity vs Network)
Lineage leads with 2,981,000,000 cubic feet and Americold follows at 1,445,000,000, together holding 58.1 percent of the GCCA's 2026 Global Top 25. The list totals 7.76 billion cubic feet, up 6.3 percent. Here is the ranking, why cubic feet is the wrong unit for a shipper, and what an oversupplied market means for your storage rate.
