14 August 2026
Stolen Matisse art found in Brazil
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14 August 2026
Freight forwarders could face a changing competitive landscape in China and intra-Asia shipping: Sinotrans Container Lines (Sinolines) has moved to take control of Antong Holdings, combining one of China’s major domestic container logistics networks with an international liner. On Wednesday, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) informed the Shanghai Stock Exchange that its subsidiary Sinolines now held 14. 94% of the shares of Antong, the holding company of Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping, making it ... The post Sinolines and Antong combination a formidable rival for forwarders in Asia appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 August 2026
Illustration by Matt Rota for ProPublica. Animation by Henrike Lendowski for ProPublica. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U. S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington.
14 August 2026
At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer (Image credit: PHILIP FONG)
14 August 2026
For more than twenty years, the transport management system has been at the heart of freight forwarding. Whether CargoWise, Magaya, Descartes, or another, the TMS is where operational decisions are made, shipments are managed, and data is stored. Winning the TMS battle has meant becoming the freight forwarder’s operating system. But, as ever with tech, things change, not least with the onset of AI. As the industry moves beyond chatbots and document extraction ...
14 August 2026
Supply chain stakeholders across the Persian Gulf continue to devise new regional connectivity strategies as widespread port disruption makes moving cargo in and out of the conflict zone a challenge. MSC has established an integrated multimodal transhipment service out of Saudi Arabia, claiming a first for the region, in collaboration with multiple local authorities, including MAWANI and ZATCA (customs). “The new corridor directly connects King Abdullah Port and Jeddah Islamic Port with ... The post MSC’s new multimodal solution ‘a significant step for Saudi logistics’ appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 August 2026
A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation." (Image credit: Carlos Morales)
14 August 2026
The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.
