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詹姆斯·米勒专攻全球物流和供应链动态。他的调查工作探讨了现代商业格局中的国际贸易、基础设施挑战和技术进步等错综复杂的问题。他倡导在供应链运营中推行可持续实践和透明度。
Attacks near the Strait of Hormuz cut air capacity and force container diversions
Six tanker vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz were struck early this week, triggering immediate vessel diversions, cancelled sailings and operational pauses at key Gulf ports such as Jebel Ali; carriers have already implemented emergency surcharges and route changes that are creating localized container congestion and a measurable drop in global airlift capacity.
Mobile robots and flexible RaaS transform Flying Tiger’s European fulfilment hub
The 5,700 sqm Maersk distribution centre in Wrocław handled 230,908 parcels in 2023, rose to 392,980 in 2024 and was forecasting over 528,000 for 2025 after Locus Robotics went live in May 2023.
Evri expands Co‑op out‑of‑home network with Bloq.it NEXT lockers and drop returns units
Evri will install Bloq.it’s NEXT smart lockers and standalone drop return devices in hundreds of Co‑op locations, beginning a March 2026 rollout across the East of England to increase out‑of‑home capacity and accelerate reverse logistics.
Europa Worldwide Group unveils new livery and “Powered by Better” strategy under CEO Andrew Baxter
Europa Worldwide Group has moved £11.2bn of goods between the UK and EU since 2020, claiming roughly double the volume of its nearest competitor thanks to its proprietary “Europa Flow” customs solution and expanded road network based at Dartford, Kent.
Degraded AWS Service in UAE Disrupts Regional Cloud and Logistics Operations
AWS reported elevated error rates and increased latency in the Middle East (UAE) region, with at least one availability zone experiencing a localized power event that caused timeouts in shipment tracking APIs, queue processing slowdowns, and intermittent failures in warehouse control systems.
Loft by FourKites: Sophie Translates Live Network Intelligence into Enterprise Workflows
More than 500,000 trading partners and millions of daily events now feed directly into AI-driven workflows, enabling Loft to resolve purchase-order mismatches and rebalance warehouse capacity across ERP, CRM and WMS systems without waiting on manual tickets.
Naval deployments in and around the Strait of Hormuz place roughly 30% of seaborne crude oil and about 20% of LNG flows at routing risk, while war‑risk insurance and detours can add 10–14 days per leg to transit times.
Xeneta Analysis: How the Middle East Escalation Is Reshaping Global Airfreight
Air cargo demand rose by +6% year‑on‑year in February 2026 while available capacity increased only +4%, lifting Xeneta’s dynamic load factor to 62%—a sign of tight markets that can flip quickly when macro events hit.
How Chapman Freeborn moves time-critical and outsized air cargo when scheduled capacity can’t
An airline faced a critical AOG at its home hub where no main-deck freighter services could uplift an A330 main gear; Chapman Freeborn arranged an urgent charter and used a part-charter solution to recover the stranded aircraft while mitigating cost exposure.
Indiana State Police remove 752 vehicles and 653 drivers from service in early 2026
Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 14, the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division completed 6,455 commercial vehicle inspections and placed 653 drivers and 752 vehicles out of service for safety violations, while also recording 278 overweight and 49 oversize violations. Inspection snapshot: raw numbers that matter to carriers Those figures aren’t just bureaucratic noise — they drive decisions around route planning, fleet maintenance, and compliance budgets. When more than 10% of inspected vehicles are taken out of service, fleet managers feel it in downtime, rerouted loads, and sudden re-dispatch requirements. For a regional haulage operator, an OOS event can cascade into delayed
Why Canadian truckers’ duty hours and pay gaps are creating a logistics headache
Canadian rules allow a 16-hour on‑duty window with 13 hours of driving while the U.S.
Inside TCA’s 2026 Professional Drivers of the Year: safety records, career miles and fleet impact
Five drivers representing Swift Transportation, Knight Transportation, CAST Specialty Transportation, Covenant Logistics Group and Smith Transport together account for more than 14 million career miles and a raft of elite safety distinctions — a quantifiable contribution to fleet uptime, risk exposure and insurance underwriting for their carriers.
