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Legacy carriers are facing a choice: Pick your battles or lose for good
Shifting grounds: European legacy carriers have operated on a hub-and-spoke model for decades that relied…
The shipping supply glut: Suez return meets a record orderbook
Coupled with rising capacity from new fleet deliveries, the resumption of wider Suez Canal transits…
Saudi poised to lead the Gulf’s data center boom
Riyadh is positioning itself as a cost-efficient hub for data centers and is laying the…
What’s really happening with that MTO for Alexandria Containers?
AD Ports previously bought a 19.3% stake in ALCN from the Saudi Egyptian Investment Company
Spotlight
Kuwait’s Mubarak Al Kabeer: The end of the lost decade?
Kuwait is advancing projects in its logistics pipeline, competing with Iraq for maritime, rail, and…
Egypt is running a bonded warehouse pilot test — it could help crank up demand for re-export services
If this new concept picks up pace, re-exports from Egypt could go up as much…
Wider adoption of fixed-schedule rail services could help Egypt achieve its rail freight targets
Achieving Egypt’s target to double rail freight capacity would require changes in the sector’s operational…
Air freighters are facing a jet supply crunch — Here is how Mammoth Freighters is working to fill the gap
Demand for retrofits is going up as airlines work to ramp up capacity amid industry-wide…
Macro picture
AI investments buoy global GDP growth despite tariff volatility, OECD says
Global trade will also beat expectations, with OECD penciling in a 4.2% trade growth…
The great disruption: what’s next for global trade?
EnterpriseAM Logistics sat down with Phoenicia Maritime Shipping Services’ Amin Al Qawasmeh to get…
Fires, Red Sea turmoil drive record losses for the maritime protection & indemnity ins. clubs
The 2024-2025 FY saw a higher frequency and severity of net claims, resulting in…
IMO’s new rules to power maritime decarbonization, but low green fuel supply + oil prices risk limiting its power
Forecasted production capacity for hydrogen-derived fuels has not increased since 2023 estimates
The big read
Our region’s low-lying ports face a climate adaptation imperative
At least 13 ports — out of the top 15 ports in terms of…
A primer on alternative fuel bunkering and its MENA presence
Alternative fuels are necessary to fulfill IMO’s net-zero framework, but they still involve trade-offs…
Global supply chains are adapting to avoid trade disruptions
Friendshoring and duplicating supply chains are emerging as companies’ favorite tactic to adapt
How will shipping alliances shape global trade in 2025?
The restructuring and emergence of shipping alliances are bound to impact global trade
On your way out
Seafarers’ happiness index experiences a dip in 3Q 2025
Increase in operational pressures with shorter port stays undermines work-life balance
GWC, QC+ are putting the ‘art’ in ‘compartment’ in new fine art storage hub
The logistics of art reveal a lot about the art of logistics, which involves…
Quantum navigation tech could solve headache of GPS disruptions for aviation, maritime
Quantum navigation has emerged as a potential alternative to GPS, which can be tampered…
Japanese firm builds world’s first ammonia-fueled engine
The engine is slated for delivery in October 2025 and will be installed in…