Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased spending on AI-related products, a surge in North American imports ahead of tariff hikes, and strong trade among the rest of the world.
In response, WTO economists have raised the 2025 merchandise trade growth forecast to 2.4% (up from 0.9% in August).
However, the 2026 projection has...
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI), the benchmark widely referenced by procurement teams, increased 1% to $4,339 per 40ft container, driven by higher rates...
Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) rose 6% this week to $1,028 per 40ft container, reaching a six-week high.
Market tightness caused by unrest in the...
Western Australia’s government has reported a record share of of container freight transported by rail in and out of Fremantle Inner Harbour in 2025-2026
Ports...
Technip Energies has been awarded a FEED contract for the offshore Regasification Terminal (RGT) Yan project in Kedah, northwest Malaysia.
The scope includes evaluating best...
FerryAs of 13 August, 44 of the 153 people on board, including five crew members, had been confirmed dead following a ferry disaster 11 August in the Zimbabwean part...
One month before the deadline, the Government is trying to allocate the 160 million euros needed to freeze the dispute with Pergenova Breakwater, the...
Deputy Minister Rixi convened an inter-ministerial table with the MEF, the State Accounting Office, and the Ministry of Labor, unions, and employer associations. The...
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has formed a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve as a vehicle to provide “very smooth continuous dividends,” even when Bitcoin...
Centrica plc has announced the completion of its Grain LNG acquisition in partnership with Energy Capital Partners (ECP) from National Grid for an enterprise...
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Clarksons remains by far the world’s largest shipbroker and, while the London-listed company reported a 25% drop in first-half 2025...
Figures from the HL Savings & Resilience Barometer, September 2025
Sarah Coles, head of personal finance, Hargreaves Lansdown:
“People have been lulled into a false sense...
