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U.K. Proposes Broad Customs Deal With EU After Brexit

August 22, 2017

The U.K. government proposed a far-reaching customs arrangement with the European Union that it said would eliminate the need for border checks on imports and exports after Brexit.

The Secret Life of the City Banana

August 16, 2017

The New York Times

On a hot day in June, the Hermann Hesse slipped into New York Harbor and headed for the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn. The 550-foot container ship, flying the Liberian flag, had come some 3,000 miles from Ecuador. It had gone through the Panama Canal, picked up cargo in the Caribbean and weathered a few squalls.

Post-Brexit Customs Checks Might Cost $1.3Bn a Year

August 11, 2017

Supply Management

Brexit could cost £1bn ($1.3bn) a year in extra customs checks and huge border delays, a consultant has claimed.

'Modest Gains' May Be New Normal for Dubai's Cooling Air Freight Market

August 7, 2017

Air Cargo World

Dubai's new freight hub is now handling about a third of the emirate's air freight, as both regional airports posted middling first half numbers, reflecting a regional downturn.

U.K. Customs Checks Could Cost $1.3Bn a Year Post-Brexit

August 3, 2017

Bloomberg

Customs checks at the border after the U.K. leaves the European Union could cost 1bn pounds ($1.3bn) a year and cause delays for goods being shipped in both directions, according to a report by Oxera, an economic consultancy.

$100Tr Needed for Infrastructure by 2040, Report Says

August 1, 2017

Maritime Executive

The G20's Global Infrastructure Hub and Oxford Economics have released a report that finds that the world will need nearly $100tr in infrastructure investment by 2040. This equates to nearly $4tr every year - about the same amount as the GDP of Germany.

America's Aging Infrastructure: Waterways Face Critical Juncture

July 17, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More than a million tons of commodities normally pass through the lock on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, every month. But on a recent day, the giant steel gates that hold back the river didn't budge.

Global Shipping Feels Fallout From Maersk Cyber Attack

July 11, 2017

The New York Times

For days, global shipping was still feeling the effects of a cyber attack that recently hit A.P. Moller-Maersk - showing the scale of the damage a computer virus can unleash on the technology dependent and interconnected industry.

'Chokepoints' Threaten Global Food Supply, Report Says

July 7, 2017

Supply Management

International trade routes are increasingly reliant on a small number of key ports, straits and roads that if disrupted will threaten global food supply, according to a report.

New Tax Will Transform Face of Indian Logistics Industry

July 7, 2017

The New York Times

India's greatest tax reform - replacing an array of provincial duties with a nationwide goods and services tax - is transforming the logistics industry in a country where moving stuff around is notoriously difficult to do, executives say.