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## Recent posts
- [The Largest Freight Forwarders in the World in 2026, Ranked (Revenue vs Ocean vs Air)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-freight-forwarders-world-2026/): There is no single largest freight forwarder: Sinotrans leads ocean at nearly 4.93M TEU, Kuehne+Nagel leads air at about 2.03M tonnes, and DSV leads revenue at USD 37.4 billion aft
- [The Biggest Trucking Companies in the World in 2026, Ranked (Revenue vs Fleet Size)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-trucking-companies-world-2026/): UPS and FedEx top the trucking revenue chart at just under USD 90 billion each in 2025, yet Knight-Swift runs the largest road fleet and J.B. Hunt out-earns every dedicated carrier
- [The Largest Truck Manufacturers in the World in 2026, Ranked (Revenue vs Units Built)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/largest-truck-manufacturers-world-2026/): Daimler Truck leads global truck makers with about EUR 49.4 billion in revenue and 422,510 vehicles sold in 2025, yet China builds more trucks than anyone. Here is the 2026 ranking
- [The Biggest Cargo Planes in the World in 2026, Ranked by Payload (and Why Volume Wins Jobs)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-cargo-planes-world-2026/): The Antonov An-225 could lift about 250 tonnes before it was destroyed in 2022, leaving the An-124 and Boeing 747-8F as the giants you can actually book. Here is the 2026 ranking b
- [The World's Busiest Container Ports in 2026, Ranked by TEU (and Why the Measure Matters)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-container-ports-world-2026/): Shanghai cleared more than 55 million TEU in 2025 to stay the world's busiest container port for a 16th year, yet Ningbo-Zhoushan leads by total cargo tonnage. Here is the 2026 ran
- [Drayage Explained: What It Costs, the Chassis Problem, and How to Cut Port Dwell (2026)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/drayage-costs-chassis-problem-cut-port-dwell/): What drayage really costs in 2026, why chassis keep running short, and the tactics we use to cut port dwell before demurrage and detention hit.
- [FCA Incoterms 2020 and the On-Board Bill of Lading Problem (the Letter-of-Credit Fix)](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/fca-incoterms-2020-on-board-bill-of-lading-letter-of-credit/): FCA sales often clashed with a letter of credit that demands an on-board bill of lading. Here's the Incoterms 2020 fix, and why FCA beats FOB for containers.
- [ISF 10+2 Filing: An Importer's Guide to Timing, Data and Penalties (2026)](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/isf-10-2-filing-importer-guide-timing-data-penalties-2026/): A practical ISF 10+2 guide for US ocean importers: the data elements, the 24-hour deadline, who files, and how to avoid $5,000 penalties.
- [How to Find and Verify an HS Code: A 2026 Importer How-To](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/how-to-find-verify-hs-code/): A practical guide to HS code structure, how to find the right code, how to verify it with tariff schedules and binding rulings, and who is liable for errors.
- [Import Customs Clearance Completed: Meaning and Clearance Times (2026)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/import-customs-clearance-completed-meaning-how-long/): What 'import customs clearance completed' means, plus realistic customs clearance times by ocean, air, road and courier, and what happens before delivery.
- [The World's Busiest Border Crossings in 2026: Freight Value vs Foot Traffic](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-border-crossings-world-2026/): "Busiest" depends on what you count. By freight value, Laredo moves more than $33 billion a month; by people, San Ysidro sees over 106 million crossings a year. Here is the 2026 ra
- [FMCSA English Language Proficiency in 2026: A Carrier and Dispatcher Compliance Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/fmcsa-english-language-proficiency-carrier-guide-2026/): Since June 2025, failing an English check puts a US driver out of service, and a February 2026 law made it statutory. Here is how the roadside test works, exactly what triggers an 
- [The World's Busiest Cargo Airports in 2026, Ranked (and Why Your Hub Matters)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/busiest-cargo-airports-world-2026/): Hong Kong moved more than 5 million tonnes of freight in 2025 to stay the world's busiest cargo airport. Here is the 2026 ranking by tonnage, and why the hub you route through chan
- [The Biggest Container Ships and Shipping Lines in 2026 (and What Their Scale Means for Your Cargo)](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/biggest-container-ships-and-shipping-lines-2026/): The world's largest boxships now top 24,000 TEU and MSC alone controls more than a fifth of global capacity. Here is the 2026 ranking of vessels and carriers, and what mega-ship sc
- [How Zara and Inditex Built Fashion's Fastest Supply Chain: A Logistics Breakdown](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/zara-inditex-supply-chain-model-explained/): Zara's roughly two-week design-to-shelf cycle is a logistics achievement, not a marketing trick. Here is how Inditex's vertical integration, near-shore sourcing and deliberate air 
- [Electronic Bills of Lading Went Portable in 2026: A Shipper's Switch-Decision Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/electronic-bill-of-lading-2026-interoperability-guide/): Cross-platform eBL interoperability went live in 2026. Which lanes to switch first, how to choose a platform, and the letter-of-credit and paper-fallback clauses that matter.
- [UK BTOM in 2026: An Importer's Decision Guide to SPS Border Controls and Charges](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/uk-btom-sps-import-controls-2026-importer-guide/): What UK SPS import controls are actually enforced in 2026, the Common User Charge math for groupage, and whether to invest given the pending UK-EU SPS deal.
- [The Trans-Afghan Corridor in 2026: Using the Uzbekistan-Pakistan Route Before the Railway](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/trans-afghan-corridor-2026-uzbekistan-pakistan-railway/): The UAP railway is years out, but a multimodal Trans-Afghan corridor to Karachi and Jebel Ali runs today. What shippers can use now, and how to position for the rail.
- [Saudi Arabia's SILZ in 2026: A Shipper's Guide to the Duty-Suspended Re-Export Hub](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/saudi-silz-logistics-zone-2026-re-export-hub/): How Saudi Arabia's Special Integrated Logistics Zone works as a duty and VAT-suspended MENA re-export hub, and when it beats a straight import or Jebel Ali.
- [EU ETS for Shipping Hit 100% in 2026: How to Audit Your Carrier's ETS Surcharge](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/eu-ets-shipping-surcharge-audit-2026/): EU ETS reached full coverage in 2026 and now prices methane and nitrous oxide. How ocean-freight buyers audit and challenge the ETS surcharge on their invoice.
- [Shipping Rare-Earth and Critical-Mineral Cargo in 2026: A Compliance Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/rare-earth-critical-minerals-shipping-compliance-2026/): How to keep controlled rare-earth and magnet shipments moving in 2026: the three Chinese control tracks, MOFCOM license lead times, the documentation pack, and the mis-declaration 
- [Canada CARM and RPP Financial Security 2026: An Importer's Bond Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/canada-carm-rpp-financial-security-2026-importer-guide/): Under CARM, importers into Canada must post their own financial security for Release Prior to Payment. How the bond is sized, surety versus cash, portal setup, and preparing for th
- [UK CBAM in 2027: An Importer's Prep Playbook for 2026](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/uk-cbam-2027-importer-prep-guide/): UK CBAM starts charging on 1 January 2027 with no reporting-only phase. What importers of steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen must prepare across 2026.
- [Mexico's 2026 Customs Law Reform: An Importer and IMMEX Compliance Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/mexico/mexico-customs-law-reform-2026-importer-guide/): What Mexico's January 2026 customs overhaul changes for importers and IMMEX operators: joint broker liability, the mandatory electronic file, shorter temporary-import limits, penal
- [Air Freight in 2026: Rates, Capacity and a Post-De-Minimis Planning Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/air-freight-2026-rates-capacity-planning/): What the end of de minimis does to air freight in 2026: the compliance bottleneck on e-commerce parcels, capacity and rate volatility, and a planning playbook for shippers budgetin
- [Brazil Freight in 2026: US Tariffs, Port Capacity and Shifting Export Flows](https://blog.gettransport.com/brazil/brazil-freight-2026-tariffs-ports-export-flows/): How US tariffs are reshaping Brazilian export flows in 2026, the port-capacity bottlenecks behind the shift, and what the diversification toward the EU and Asia means for shippers 
- [The EU Digital Product Passport: What Importers and Logistics Teams Should Prepare](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/eu-digital-product-passport-importers-guide/): The EU Digital Product Passport phases in from 2026 under the ESPR. What the mandate covers, the registry and battery-passport deadlines, who is responsible for non-EU goods, and h
- [Germany’s Rail Overhaul Is Squeezing European Freight: Corridor Closures Through 2027 and a Reroute Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/germany/germany-rail-corridor-closures-2027-reroute/): Germany’s Generalsanierung is closing key freight corridors through 2027, diverting up to 140 goods trains a day and straining routes across Austria. What is closing when, the knoc
- [Agentic AI in Freight: A 2026 Guide to Autonomous Agents](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/agentic-ai-freight-2026/): What agentic AI actually does across freight in 2026 — quoting, booking, compliance checks and disruption response — with real adoption numbers from C.H. Robinson and Nuvocargo, an
- [Morocco as Europe’s Nearshoring Hub: Tanger Med, the Automotive Boom and a 2026 Sourcing Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/morocco-nearshoring-hub-tanger-med-2026/): Why Morocco has become Europe’s nearshoring hub: Tanger Med’s scale, the automotive cluster around Renault and Stellantis, the 14 km hop to Europe, and a practical sourcing playboo
- [EU Entry/Exit System Live: 2026 Trucking Impact & Mitigation Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/eu-entry-exit-system-trucking-2026/): The EU Entry/Exit System is fully live since April 2026. What biometric registration really means for non-EU drivers and cross-border trucking, why border queues formed, and a miti
- [USMCA 2026 Review: What the No-Renewal Decision Means for Shippers](https://blog.gettransport.com/mexico/usmca-joint-review-2026-shipper-scenario-guide/): On 1 July 2026 the US declined to renew USMCA, triggering a decade of annual reviews plus separate US-Mexico and US-Canada talks. What the outcome means for cross-border freight — 
- [US Transshipment Tariff Crackdown 2026: The 40% Penalty and Compliance Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/us-transshipment-tariff-crackdown-2026/): How the new 40% transshipment penalty works, where the line falls between legal substantial transformation and illegal transshipment, and a documentation checklist importers can us
- [Reefer Container Capacity and Rates in 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Squeeze](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/reefer-container-capacity-rates-2026/): Global reefer capacity runs on plug counts, not box counts. Real 2025/26 fleet, trade and seasonal data (Chilean cherries, South African citrus, Peruvian avocados) shows why bookin
- [ISO 14083 and the GLEC Framework in 2026: How Freight Emissions Get Counted](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/iso-14083-freight-emissions-accounting-2026/): ISO 14083:2023 gives shippers and carriers one method for counting transport emissions, well-to-wheel, by transport chain element. Here is how it works with GLEC, CSRD and Scope 3 
- [US FMC Demurrage & Detention Billing Rules in 2026: A Shipper Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/fmc-demurrage-detention-2026-shipper-guide/): A shipper operational guide to the FMC demurrage and detention billing rule: required invoice data elements, the 30-day billing and dispute windows, and how the 2025 court ruling o
- [EUDR 2026: What Importers Actually Must Do Now](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/eudr-2026-importer-due-diligence-guide/): EUDR enforcement was delayed again to December 2026 and simplified in December 2025. Here is the operational read for importers on due diligence statements, geolocation data and pe
- [Shipping Project, Out-of-Gauge and Breakbulk Cargo: A Practical 2026 Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/project-oog-breakbulk-cargo-shipping-guide-2026/): When a piece is too long, too wide, too tall or too heavy for a container, ordinary freight rules stop applying. A practical guide to project, out-of-gauge and breakbulk cargo: the
- [US Customs Bonds After De Minimis: Continuous vs Single-Entry (2026 Importer Guide)](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/us-customs-bonds-2026-continuous-vs-single-entry/): The end of de minimis means every commercial US import now needs a customs bond — and importers who never bonded before are choosing between single-entry and continuous under deadl
- [Who Eats the Tariff? Incoterms DDP vs DAP in the 2026 Tariff Era](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/incoterms-ddp-vs-dap-2026-who-pays-tariff/): With US duties on many Chinese goods stacking past 145%, the Incoterm is no longer a shipping detail — it is the line that decides who absorbs a tariff shock. DDP puts the duty on 
- [IMO Net-Zero Framework 2026: An Ocean Freight Buyer's Guide to the Global Carbon Price](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/imo-net-zero-framework-2026-ocean-freight-buyers/): The IMO approved a global carbon price for shipping in April 2025 — then the October 2025 adoption session collapsed and pushed the decision to autumn 2026. Approved in principle, 
- [CBAM 2026: The EU Carbon Border Importer's Action Guide](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/cbam-2026-eu-carbon-border-importer-guide/): The CBAM definitive regime began 1 January 2026, but the first euro is not due until 30 September 2027 — and that gap is where importers overpay. A practical guide for EU goods imp
- [LCL Freight Consolidation 2026: When Splitting the FCL Beats Full Container](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/lcl-freight-consolidation-vs-fcl-guide-2026/): LCL or FCL? We break down the 15 CBM breakeven, hidden CFS fees, transit time costs, and why tariff volatility in 2026 is reshaping the calculation for SMB shippers.
- [Bonded Warehouse as a Tariff Shield in 2026: Duty Deferral Playbook](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/bonded-warehouse-tariff-deferral-strategy-2026/): Search interest in bonded warehouse solutions grew 150% in 2025. We explain exactly how duty deferral works under US CBP and EU rules, the critical rate-on-withdrawal detail, permi
- [Cargo War Risk Insurance 2026: Practical Guide for B2B Shippers](https://blog.gettransport.com/logistics-guide/cargo-war-risk-insurance-guide-shippers-2026/): A two-front war risk crisis across Hormuz and the Red Sea, premiums that climbed to ~5% of vessel value as the strait effectively closed, P&I war cover cancelled in the Gulf, and a
- [FuelEU Maritime 2025-2030: What Ocean Freight Buyers Must Do Now](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/fueleu-maritime-compliance-ocean-freight-buyers-2026/): FuelEU Maritime Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 is live — and its first hard deadlines fell in April and June 2026. Ocean freight buyers who treat compliance as a carrier-only problem wi
- [Strait of Hormuz 2026: Routing and War Risk Insurance Action Guide for Shippers](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/strait-of-hormuz-2026-shipping-guide-shippers/): War risk cover near 5% of vessel value with P&I cancelled in the Gulf and the strait effectively closed, a US $40bn backstop that never wrote a policy, and security risk keeping mo
- [Asia to Latin America Ocean Lanes in 2026: The New West-Coast Routes Reshaping Trade](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/asia-latin-america-ocean-lanes-2026-west-coast-routes/): Container lines are wiring Asia straight onto Latin America's west coast in 2026, cutting out the old US and Caribbean transshipment hubs. We break down the new direct loops into M
- [AI Agents for Freight Brokers in 2026: Automating Quoting, Carrier Email and Tracking](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/ai-agents-freight-brokers-2026-quote-automation/): A practitioner's guide to what AI agents now automate on a brokerage desk in 2026: carrier email triage, sub-minute quoting, negotiation, check calls and settlement. We cover the r
- [Shipping Out of Brazil in 2026: Santos Congestion and the Agri-Export Bottleneck](https://blog.gettransport.com/trends-in-logistic/shipping-out-of-brazil-2026-santos-congestion-agri-export/): The Port of Santos broke its own record in 2025 at 186.4 million tonnes, and a record 2025/26 soy harvest is straining the quay again. A practical exporter's guide to why Santos ja

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