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## Recent posts
- [Most Efficient Container Ports in the World, 2026 (CPPI 2025)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-efficient-container-ports-world-2026-cppi/): Fuzhou, not Shanghai or Singapore, tops the World Bank/S&P Global Container Port Performance Index 2025. See the full top 20 by vessel-turnaround efficiency, the most improved port
- [Anaklia Deep Sea Port 2026: Georgia's Middle Corridor Status](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/anaklia-deep-sea-port-2026-georgia-middle-corridor-status/): Two Jan De Nul dredgers began cutting Anaklia Deep Sea Port's access channel in August 2026, with seabed work due by December. Georgia's ownership model has changed twice since a 2
- [Paraguay-Parana Waterway 2026: Hidrovia Concession Shipper Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/paraguay-parana-waterway-2026-hidrovia-concession-shipper-guide/): Argentina's 25-year Hidrovia concession went to Jan De Nul and Servimagnus, with private management starting 10 September 2026 and the toll cut from US$4.30 to US$3.80 per net regi
- [Mexico's Asia Tariffs in 2026: What Changed, What Didn't](https://blog.gettransport.com/mexico/mexico-tariffs-asian-imports-2026-importer-guide/): Mexico raised duties on 1,463 tariff lines from countries without a free trade agreement, China, India and Vietnam among them, effective 1 January 2026. This guide covers the rate 
- [Section 301 Maritime Fees on Chinese Ships: 9 Nov 2026 Deadline](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/section-301-maritime-fees-chinese-ships-november-2026-guide/): Section 301 fees on Chinese-owned, operated and built vessels stay suspended at 0 dollars until 9 November 2026, when the rate could resume at 80 dollars per net ton. Over 200 trad
- [Biggest Ports in Australia and New Zealand 2026, Ranked](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-australia-new-zealand-2026/): Pilbara Ports passed 800 million tonnes for the first time in the year to 30 June 2026, with Port Hedland at 580.4 million and Dampier at 178.3 million. Melbourne led containers at
- [Biggest Baltic Sea Ports 2026, Ranked by Tonnage and Containers](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-baltic-sea-ports-2026/): Ust-Luga led the Baltic on tonnage in 2025 with 130.5 million tonnes, while Gdansk led on containers with nearly 2.8 million TEU and Klaipeda grew fastest at 22 percent. Latvian ra
- [TAZARA in 2026: The 1.4 Billion Dollar Rebuild of the Copperbelt Corridor](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/tazara-railway-2026-copperbelt-corridor-status/): 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
- [Typhoon Backlog and the Suez Return: Asia Europe Capacity in Late 2026](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/asia-port-congestion-red-sea-return-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 l
- [Section 338 Tariffs on Canada: The 50 Percent Duty USMCA Does Not Stop](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/section-338-canada-tariffs-2026-importer-guide/): A 50 percent additional duty has applied to a defined list of Canadian goods since 00:01 ET on 22 August 2026, imposed under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 for the first tim
- [Iraq's Development Road in 2026: Engineering Designs Complete, Financing Open](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/iraq-development-road-2026-corridor-status/): 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 questio
- [The Biggest Port Projects Under Construction in 2026, Ranked (Capacity vs Delivery Date)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-port-projects-under-construction-2026/): Eight live port projects carry about 56 million TEU of new capacity between them, and almost none of it lands before 2028. Vadhavan leads on paper at 23.2 million TEU for 2034, Tua
- [UK ETS for Shipping From 1 July 2026: Scope, Deadlines and the 2028 Double Allowance Surrender](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/uk-ets-maritime-2026-operator-guide/): The UK Emissions Trading Scheme has covered domestic shipping since 1 July 2026 for vessels of 5,000 gross tonnage and above. The monitoring plan is due within 42 days of first act
- [German Port Strikes in August 2026: The Wage Gap and Your Routing Options](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/german-port-strike-2026-north-europe-contingency/): 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 co
- [Panama Canal Cuts Vessel Draft and Caps Transits: The 2026 Capacity Squeeze](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/panama-canal-draft-transit-limits-2026/): 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. 
- [Kenya's Advance Cargo Declaration from 1 September 2026: A Shipper's Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/kenya-advance-cargo-declaration-2026-shipper-guide/): From 1 September 2026 an ocean carrier must validate a Kenyan Advance Cargo Declaration reference before loading a container, so a box without one does not sail. This guide covers 
- [Thailand's Land Bridge Is Off the Table in 2026: What It Means for Malacca Routing](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/thailand-land-bridge-2026-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 Biggest Black Sea Ports in 2026: Volumes, and Which Berths Are Reachable](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-black-sea-ports-2026/): 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 b
- [The World's Largest Crude Oil Export Terminals in 2026: Capacity and Availability](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-crude-oil-export-terminals-2026/): 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 acros
- [The World's Largest Bulk Export Terminals in 2026: Iron Ore and Coal Ranked](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-bulk-export-terminals-2026/): Port Hedland shipped 571.6 million tonnes of iron ore in the year to June 2026, about 75 percent of all Pilbara exports, through one dredged channel. Here are the largest iron ore 
- [The Northern Sea Route's First Weekly Container Service: A 2026 Shipper's Read](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/northern-sea-route-arctic-container-service-2026/): 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
- [EU PPWR From 12 August 2026: What Importers and Forwarders Must Have on File](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eu-ppwr-packaging-rules-2026-importer-guide/): 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) ver
- [The World's Largest Ship Registries in 2026: Tonnage, Hull Count and Inspection Record](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-ship-registries-flag-states-2026/): 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
- [The World's Largest Bunkering Ports in 2026, Ranked by Volume](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-bunkering-ports-2026/): 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 tha
- [The World's Largest LNG Export Terminals in 2026, Ranked (After the Ras Laffan Strikes)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-lng-export-terminals-2026/): 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,
- [Enhanced ACAS: Enforcement Moved to 1 May 2027, and What Filers Must Send](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/enhanced-acas-air-cargo-data-elements-2026-filer-guide/): 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 forc
- [The Largest Grain Export Ports in 2026: Gran Rosario Overtakes New Orleans](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-grain-export-ports-2026/): 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
- [The Biggest Dry Ports and Inland Container Depots in 2026](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-dry-ports-inland-container-depots-2026/): 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
- [The Most Automated Container Terminals in the World in 2026](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-automated-container-terminals-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 1
- [The Biggest Ports in India in 2026, Ranked by Cargo and Containers](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-india-2026/): 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.
- [Supply Chain Control Tower in 2026: Build, Buy, or Admit It Is a Dashboard](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-control-tower-2026/): 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 vers
- [Freight Booking Software in 2026: What Small Shippers Should Actually Compare](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/freight-booking-software-2026/): 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
- [Supply Chain Case Studies in 2026: Ten Cases With Numbers Attached](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/supply-chain-case-studies-2026/): 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 wit
- [E-Invoicing Mandates for Freight in 2026: Deadlines, Formats and What Breaks](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/e-invoicing-mandates-freight-2026/): 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 
- [The Biggest Ports in Asia in 2026, Ranked (Gateway Volume vs Transshipment)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-asia-2026/): 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 cont
- [The Most Powerful Icebreakers in the World in 2026 (And Why Arctic Cargo Keeps Falling Anyway)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/most-powerful-icebreakers-arctic-shipping-2026/): 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 mill
- [The Biggest Rail Yards in the World in 2026, Ranked (Acres vs Cars Per Day)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-rail-yards-world-2026/): 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 railr
- [The Busiest Land Border Crossings in Europe in 2026 (And Why the Eastern Rim Shrank to One Gate)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-land-border-crossings-europe-2026/): 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 an
- [The Biggest Ports in North America in 2026, Ranked (Why the Top Two Are Really One Port)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-north-america-2026/): 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 
- [The Biggest Ports in Europe in 2026, Ranked (TEU, Tonnage and What Each Number Hides)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-europe-2026/): 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 container
- [The Busiest RoRo Ferry Routes and Ports in 2026, Ranked (Units vs Tonnage)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-roro-ferry-routes-2026/): 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
- [The Longest Trucks and Road Trains in the World in 2026, Ranked (Records vs Legal Limits)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-trucks-road-trains-2026/): 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 actuall
- [The Busiest Air Cargo Trade Lanes in 2026, Ranked (Tonnage vs Direction)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-air-cargo-trade-lanes-2026/): 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 la
- [The Biggest Cranes in the World in 2026, Ranked (Lift Capacity vs Terminal Output)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-cranes-world-2026/): 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, a
- [The Longest Bridges in the World in 2026, Ranked (Length vs What You Can Drive Over)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-bridges-world-freight-2026/): 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 limi
- [The Longest Tunnels in the World in 2026, Ranked (Length vs What You Can Haul)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-tunnels-world-freight-2026/): 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, plu
- [The Longest and Heaviest Freight Trains in the World in 2026, Ranked (Records vs Daily Reality)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/longest-heaviest-freight-trains-2026/): 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 Busiest China-Europe Rail Border Crossings in 2026, Ranked (Trains vs Bottleneck Risk)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-china-europe-rail-border-crossings-2026/): 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
- [The Biggest Ports in the Middle East in 2026, Ranked (Volume vs Strait Exposure)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-ports-middle-east-2026/): 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: w
- [The Busiest Ports in Africa in 2026, Ranked (Boxes vs Corridor Reach)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-ports-africa-2026/): 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 th

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