12 October 2026
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12 October 2026
Australia and Asics have unveiled a special-edition green and gold Test kit for the 150th Anniversary match against England at the MCG. See design details.
12 October 2026
Australia increased their lead over South Africa to 280 runs but lost four wickets in reaching 174-4 at lunch on the fourth day of the first test as Kingsmead on Monday.
12 October 2026
Australia built a solid lead in its second innings on day four of the first cricket test against South Africa, reaching 174-4 (36 overs) at lunch. The visitors scored at nearly 4.
12 October 2026
Mind you: an inventory gamble and a widening payment dispute offer a warning for logistics businesses chasing government work. The bankruptcy of US-based privately held Noble Supply & Logistics has become a race between collecting receivables and running out of cash. Stated mission By way of background. Co-founder and CEO Tom Nobel – responsible for “strategy and value creation” – expanded the company’s focus over time from “solely providing e-commerce solutions to government ... The post Noble Chapter 11 – what happens when a big account is chief creditor appeared first on The Loadstar .
12 October 2026
Spot rates have become more volatile, relative to the wider box shipping market, since the pandemic, with overall prices increasingly diverging from signals provided by the spot market. In its latest analysis, Sea-Intelligence, compared spot rate movements on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades with broader market developments, using World Container Index (WCI) and Container Trade Statistics (CTS) data. The consultant compared monthly average WCI rates for Shanghai-Rotterdam and Shanghai-Genoa with CTS data ... The post Shippers warned: spot rates no pointer to wider box shipping market appeared first on The Loadstar .
12 October 2026
I was on a short trip to Greece for some meetings – apart from the hassles that even supposedly short trips always bring, it is always nice to return to Athens! A place I have come to every other year for over two decades now. Thus, it is interesting to witness how it changes and how it does seem to be on a new high now after the lows of the ... The post OceanX: Zim earnings power matches Hapag; Value in forwarding; SaaS end nears? appeared first on The Loadstar .
12 October 2026
Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose 350,000 vehicle-a-year quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3% Business live – latest updates VW boss backs EU plan to bolster domestic industry The EU is to limit the number of hybrid electrical vehicles imported from China to 350,000 cars a year, the European Commission has confirmed. Imports have been soaring in the last two years with about 800,000 battery and plug-in hybrids likely to be sold this year.
