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MSC restructures three intra-Australasia services

Trade & Logistics

13 September 2026

MSC restructures three intra-Australasia services

MSC is restructuring its intra-Australasia network by separating the existing Noumea Express into two services and revising its Southern Loop, according to Alphaliner. The current Noumea Express connects Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji and New Zealand through the following rotation: Sydney – Brisbane – Noumea – Lautoka – Suva – Tauranga – Sydney MSC will replace this service with the new Noumea-Fiji and Northern Loop services. New Noumea-Fiji service The service will connect Australia with New Caledonia and Fiji through the following rotation: Brisbane – Noumea – Lautoka – Suva – Brisbane New Northern Loop The Northern Loop will provide connections between eastern Australia and New Zealand: Sydney – Auckland – Napier – Tauranga – Sydney Amended Southern Loop MSC will remove Napier from the existing Southern Loop. Its revised rotation will be: Melbourne – Bluff – Port Chalmers – Lyttelton – Wellington – Nelson – Wellington – Bell Bay – Melbourne The post MSC restructures three intra-Australasia services appeared first on Container News .

Source: Container NewsOriginal source

Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back

Trade & Logistics

13 September 2026

Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back and Nexio secures 77-acre Texas campus for commercial truck production. Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back Mexico’s heavy-duty vehicle industry posted a sharp rebound in August, with production doubling and exports more than doubling from a year earlier, while domestic wholesale sales continued to recover. Heavy-duty manufacturers in Mexico produced 16,389 trucks and buses in August, a 100. 2% increase from 8,187 units in August 2025, according to data released Wednesday by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

Source: FreightWavesOriginal source

Port of Klaipėda deploys smart buoy to improve navigation safety

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13 September 2026

Port of Klaipėda deploys smart buoy to improve navigation safety

The Port of Klaipėda has deployed a new smart buoy in the Baltic Sea to improve navigation safety and vessel traffic management. The buoy is located four nautical miles from the port entrance. It collects real-time navigation and weather data. Buoy monitors GPS interference The system measures wave height, direction and period. It also monitors currents, water and air temperature, atmospheric pressure and GPS signal interference .

Source: Container NewsOriginal source