https://blog.gettransport.com/ Latest articles from Transportation News and Trends en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:33 GMT https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/northern-sea-route-arctic-container-service-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/northern-sea-route-arctic-container-service-2026/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:33 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eu-ppwr-packaging-rules-2026-importer-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eu-ppwr-packaging-rules-2026-importer-guide/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:33 GMT James Miller Regulation (EU) 2025/40 became generally applicable on 12 August 2026 with no grace period. What importers need now (declaration of conformity per packaging type, Article 18(2) verification, PFAS and EPR), what waits until 2028 and 2030, and why the 40 percent void-space claim is wrong. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-ship-registries-flag-states-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-ship-registries-flag-states-2026/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:33 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-bunkering-ports-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-bunkering-ports-2026/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:32 GMT Alexander Petrunin Singapore sold 56.775 million tonnes of marine fuel in 2025, more than the next 5 hubs combined, while Zhoushan took third place at 8.03 million tonnes. Fujairah collapsed more than 70 percent in April 2026 and recovered to 640,715 cubic metres in July; Rotterdam fell 25.1 percent in the first half. Here is the 2026 ranking, with each port kept in its own reported unit. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-lng-export-terminals-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-lng-export-terminals-2026/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:45:32 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/enhanced-acas-air-cargo-data-elements-2026-filer-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/enhanced-acas-air-cargo-data-elements-2026-filer-guide/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:52 GMT James Miller CBP extended phased enforcement of the enhanced ACAS data elements from 21 November 2026 to 1 May 2027 in CSMS # 69486540 on 10 August 2026. The requirement itself has been in force since 21 November 2025. Here are the four new mandatory fields, the conditional list, and why liquidated damages run at 5,000 dollars per air waybill. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-grain-export-ports-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-grain-export-ports-2026/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:52 GMT James Miller Gran Rosario shipped 75.7 million tonnes of grain, oils and meals in 2025 against 74.8 million for New Orleans and 60 million for Santos, per the Rosario Exchange ranking of 29 May 2026. Ukraine closed 2025/26 at 36.86 million tonnes, and two Novorossiysk terminals halted on 12 August 2026. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-dry-ports-inland-container-depots-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-dry-ports-inland-container-depots-2026/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:52 GMT Alexander Petrunin Khorgos Gateway lifted capacity from 540,000 to 800,000 TEU in September 2025 and handled around 380,000 TEU, while Alashankou ran more than 6,000 China-Europe trains. Here are the largest dry ports ranked, and why train counts and TEU figures cannot be compared directly. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-automated-container-terminals-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-automated-container-terminals-2026/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:52 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-india-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-india-2026/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:52 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-control-tower-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-control-tower-2026/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:03 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/freight-booking-software-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/freight-booking-software-2026/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:03 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-case-studies-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-case-studies-2026/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:03 GMT Alexander Petrunin Maersk rebuilt about 4,000 servers after NotPetya at a cost near 300 million dollars. Nike lost around 100 million in sales to a demand planning rollout. Ten supply chain cases with published figures, root causes, and a method for reading case studies critically. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/e-invoicing-mandates-freight-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/e-invoicing-mandates-freight-2026/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:03 GMT James Miller Belgium requires structured B2B e-invoicing from 1 January 2026, Poland's KSeF from 1 February and 1 April 2026, France from 1 September 2026. Here is the mandate calendar and the six ways freight invoices break these systems. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-asia-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-asia-2026/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:03 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-powerful-icebreakers-arctic-shipping-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-powerful-icebreakers-arctic-shipping-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:21:01 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-rail-yards-world-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-rail-yards-world-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:21:01 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-land-border-crossings-europe-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-land-border-crossings-europe-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:21:01 GMT Alexander Petrunin Kapikule handled about 4 million vehicles in 2025 and now runs 24 to 72 hour freight waits. Belarus has banned EU-registered trucks until December 2027, Poland clears between 24 and 48 percent of the freight presented, and the Entry/Exit System has cut Western Balkan drivers out of EU work. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-north-america-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-north-america-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:21:01 GMT James Miller Los Angeles finished 2025 at 10.2 million TEU and Long Beach set a record at 9,881,595 TEU. Counted as the single complex they operate as, San Pedro Bay moved 20.1 million TEU, 41 percent more than Rotterdam. Here is the ranking, plus the import skew that hits every exporter. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-europe-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-europe-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:21:01 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-roro-ferry-routes-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-roro-ferry-routes-2026/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:49:12 GMT James Miller Antwerp-Bruges leads the EU RoRo table and Dover is not in it at all. The busiest RoRo ports and freight ferry routes ranked, why units and tonnage now point in opposite directions, and where the EU Entry/Exit System sits for freight drivers. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-trucks-road-trains-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-trucks-road-trains-2026/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:49:12 GMT Alexander Petrunin The record is 1,474 metres and 113 trailers. The legal maximum is 53.5 metres in Australia, 34.5 in Finland and 16.5 for a standard EU lorry. Here is what each jurisdiction actually permits, and why length is rarely the binding constraint. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-air-cargo-trade-lanes-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-air-cargo-trade-lanes-2026/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:49:12 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-cranes-world-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-cranes-world-2026/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:49:12 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-bridges-world-freight-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-bridges-world-freight-2026/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:49:12 GMT James Miller The longest bridge in the world runs 164.8 kilometres and no truck will ever cross it. Here are the longest bridges ranked, which ones carry freight, and why a posted 30 tonne limit beats a record every time. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-tunnels-world-freight-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-tunnels-world-freight-2026/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:35:40 GMT James Miller Gotthard Base is still the longest at 57.1 kilometres, but on 28 July 2026 the Brenner Base main bores broke through, and a 64 kilometre run opens in 2032. Here is the ranking, plus the restrictions that actually decide your routing: the tunnel category on your dangerous goods, a 4.00 metre height limit and eight-hour night closures at Mont Blanc from mid-September. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-heaviest-freight-trains-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-heaviest-freight-trains-2026/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:35:40 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-china-europe-rail-border-crossings-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-china-europe-rail-border-crossings-2026/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:35:40 GMT Alexander Petrunin Alashankou handled 8,165 trains in 2025 and Khorgos 8,730 in 2024, but 85 to 90 percent of China to Europe trains enter the EU at one Polish terminal. Here are the crossings ranked by trains handled, and what the concentration at Malaszewicze does to your transit time. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-middle-east-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-middle-east-2026/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:35:40 GMT James Miller Jebel Ali handled 15.6 million TEU in 2025 and ranks ninth in the world. Saudi ports moved 8,317,235 TEU, AD Ports 7.7 million. In 2026 a second column matters as much as volume: which side of the Strait of Hormuz each berth sits on, and why an officially open strait still saw six transits in a day. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-ports-africa-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-ports-africa-2026/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:35:39 GMT Alexandra Blake 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-parcel-carriers-volume-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-parcel-carriers-volume-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:32:10 GMT James Miller Amazon delivered 6.7 billion parcels in 2025 and passed USPS at 6.6 billion, with UPS at 4.4 billion after an 8.6 percent fall and FedEx at 3.6 billion. The three former majors now handle 61 percent of US parcels, down from 85 percent before the pandemic. Globally the ranking is Chinese, and SF Express is not even the leader there. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ship-recycling-yards-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ship-recycling-yards-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:32:10 GMT Alexander Petrunin Alang, Chittagong, Gadani and Aliağa dismantle almost every merchant ship that leaves the fleet, with combined capacity near 12 million LDT a year and 85 percent of 2025 tonnage going to South Asia. Since the Hong Kong Convention entered force on 26 June 2025, certification decides where a ship can go. Here is the ranking, the price per LDT, and why the yards are short of work. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-cold-storage-operators-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-cold-storage-operators-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:32:10 GMT Gregory Lundin 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. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-container-leasing-companies-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-container-leasing-companies-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:32:10 GMT Alexandra Blake The league table changed hands in December 2025: Textainer completed its acquisition of Seaco, combining 4.4 million TEU with 2.4 million into a platform of roughly 8.3 million CEU and moving ahead of Triton's 7 million TEU. Lessors supply more than half the world's boxes. Here is the ranking, why CEU and TEU are not the same measure, and when a shipper should stop using the carrier's container. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-inland-waterways-river-ports-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-inland-waterways-river-ports-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:32:10 GMT James Miller The Yangtze is the world's busiest inland waterway: 1.97 billion tonnes in the first half of 2026 alone, against roughly 285 million a year on the Rhine. But in August 2026 the Kaub gauge hit 25 cm, barges ran about 20 percent full, and rates south of Kaub went from around €20 to nearly €150 per tonne. Here is the tonnage ranking, and the draft risk no ranking publishes. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-ports-latin-america-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-ports-latin-america-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:16:16 GMT James Miller Santos handles 5,484,829 TEU, ahead of Manzanillo in Mexico on 3,924,501 and Cartagena on 3,701,044. But a transshipment hub counts every box twice and clears none of it into a market, so the ranking and the usefulness of a port are two different things. Here are the CEPAL numbers, what they hide, and where Chancay fits. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/deepest-ports-world-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/deepest-ports-world-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:16:16 GMT Alexandra Blake Sines in Portugal is the deepest seaport in the world at 28 m, reached naturally rather than by dredging, ahead of Yangshan at 27 m and Rotterdam at 24 m. No merchant ship loads to 28 m, and from 15 August 2026 the Panama Canal caps transits at 14.78 m. Here is the depth ranking, and why the shallowest point of your voyage is the only figure that governs the cargo. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-shipbuilders-world-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-shipbuilders-world-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:16:16 GMT Alexander Petrunin China leads world shipbuilding by every measure, but the margin changes with the yardstick: 65 percent of the standing orderbook, 72 percent of first-half 2026 new orders by CGT, and 82.3 percent by deadweight. That 17-point spread tells you what kind of ships each country builds, and the global orderbook at 17 percent of the fleet tells you where freight rates go in 2028. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-merchant-fleets-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-merchant-fleets-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:16:16 GMT Gregory Lundin Three ways to rank the world's merchant fleets give three different winners. Liberia leads the registers with 447 million dwt, Greece owns the most tonnage at 397 million dwt, and China holds the most valuable fleet at USD 291 billion. Here is each ranking, why they disagree, and what the flag tells you about the odds of your ship being detained. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/countries-largest-road-networks-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/countries-largest-road-networks-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:16:16 GMT James Miller India has the largest road network in the world at roughly 6.7 million km, with the United States at 6,586,610 km and China at 5,490,400 km. But Brazil is fourth by length with only 11 percent of its network paved, and China leads the world on expressway kilometres while sitting third on total length. Here is the ranking, and the two measures that actually decide whether a truck can run the lane. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/east-mediterranean-transhipment-hub-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/east-mediterranean-transhipment-hub-2026/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:29:29 GMT James Miller Most shippers never choose a transhipment hub, and then find out about it when a connection is missed. Damietta added 3.3 million TEU of relay capacity in February 2026 on the Suez axis, just as carriers weigh a return to the canal. Here is what a transhipment-first terminal does differently, how east and west Mediterranean hubs compare, and the five questions to put to a carrier about the relay leg. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/rail-baltica-freight-2026-corridor-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/rail-baltica-freight-2026-corridor-guide/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:29:29 GMT Alexander Petrunin Rail Baltica is covered as a passenger railway, but the freight case rests on one problem: Baltic railways run on 1,520 mm gauge and Europe runs on 1,435 mm. Two things changed recently. The freight strategy now targets 80% intermodal trains rather than the bulk traffic the older 2017 forecast implied, and delivery risk has worsened sharply, with costs up from €5.8bn to nearly €24bn and the European Commission moving to pull a €51.5m grant over the stalled Daugava bridge. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-lng-shipping-companies-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-lng-shipping-companies-2026/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:29:29 GMT Gregory Lundin Ask who the largest LNG shipping company is and three reasonable definitions give three different winners. Nakilat leads on ships owned with 69 carriers, MOL leads on operational control with 107, and Shell has gone from 25 to 65 operated vessels without owning most of them. Here is each fleet, the basis it is counted on, and why a charterer should read the basis column first. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/us-postal-entry-process-2026-entry-type-13/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/us-postal-entry-process-2026-entry-type-13/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:29:29 GMT James Miller The postal channel was the last route into the United States that still worked without a real entry. Since 24 July 2026 mail shipments up to $2,500 move through a new process under 19 CFR Part 145: 10-digit classification, a continuous bond, monthly duty payment, and only an owner, purchaser or licensed broker allowed to file. Here is what it requires, what falls outside it, and why 22 October matters more than the effective date. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/section-232-metal-derivatives-2026-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/section-232-metal-derivatives-2026-guide/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:29:29 GMT Alexandra Blake From 8 June 2026 Section 232 duties apply to the entire customs value of a covered derivative rather than to its metal content, which multiplies the bill on low-metal products. The same proclamation cut the domestic-content threshold from 95% to 85%, and copper smelt and cast reporting became mandatory on 30 July 2026. Here is the arithmetic, the two annexes, and the furnace-level evidence each part needs. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-tanker-shipping-companies-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-tanker-shipping-companies-2026/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:24 GMT Gregory Lundin COSCO Shipping Energy leads the world's tanker owners with more than 23m DWT, ahead of Frontline at around 17m across 81 hulls after its 2026 renewal. Here is the ranking by deadweight, why vessel count reshuffles it completely, and why up to 80% of the third-placed fleet is storing oil rather than moving it. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eu-low-value-imports-2026-parcel-duty-ioss-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eu-low-value-imports-2026-parcel-duty-ioss-guide/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:24 GMT James Miller The EU scrapped its €150 duty relief on 1 July 2026 and replaced it with a flat €3, charged per declaration line rather than per unit, with a €2 handling fee due by 1 November. IOSS does not cover the duty. Here is who the customs debtor is, why five identical shirts cost €3 and two different items cost €6, and the fixes to make now. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/lobito-corridor-2026-angola-rail-freight-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/lobito-corridor-2026-angola-rail-freight-guide/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:23 GMT Alexandra Blake The Lobito Corridor moves Copperbelt metal to the Atlantic in 12 to 17 days door to door against 40 to 55 east or south, and it came back from a two-month flood closure inside one season. Here is what is running in 2026, why 360 wagons is the real constraint, and why Phase 2 is a 2029 story. https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/suez-canal-red-sea-2026-routing-decision-guide/ https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/suez-canal-red-sea-2026-routing-decision-guide/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:23 GMT James Miller Suez transits remain about 60% below 2023 while the canal raises surcharges and carriers hold the Cape in reserve. In H2 2026 this is not a speed-versus-price trade-off but supply-failure risk management. Here are the four numbers that decide your routing, and the contract language carriers will fight. https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/cbp-penalty-mitigation-prior-disclosure-2026/ https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/cbp-penalty-mitigation-prior-disclosure-2026/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:23 GMT Alexandra Blake Within 90 days of 3 June 2026, so around 1 September, CBP must set a minimum penalty floor of not less than 50% of the assessed penalty, with the only exception tied to national security, and end mitigation for repeat offenders. Here is how section 1592 penalties are built, what prior disclosure still buys you, and why the date is a deadline for CBP rather than a grace period for you.