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The middle-mile should be the UAE’s next big focus in autonomous trucking uptake
Passengers are moving autonomously, but goods have a long way to go
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…
Spotlight
East Port Said, Tanger ports face a new challenge with Europe’s carbon rules for shipping — but green bunkering can help
To prevent losing volumes to non-EU transhipment hubs and evasive rerouting, the EU set up…
Fixing Egypt’s fragmented cold chain infrastructure can catapult its agricultural output
Egypt’s cold chain suffers from a disconnect between the first-mile and last-mile
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…
Macro picture
Global shipping reliability was up 13.3% y-o-y in 2025, despite a tough year for the region
The Middle East ended the year as one of the poorest performers, with a…
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…
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…