14 September 2026
Zeller 2, an affordable POS terminal, is a winner of the 2026 Innovation by Design Awards.
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14 September 2026
Mexico’s chief gateways on the Pacific coast have chalked up double-digit growth this year and have to expand to keep up. Port users are bracing themselves for disruptions. Question marks over Mexico’s trade relations with its northern neighbour and pressure from Washington to take a tougher stance vis-à-vis China have not dented flows through the ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas this year. Manzanillo, the nation’s largest container gateway, handled 2,455,953 ... The post Mexico’s Pacific ports race to keep pace with container growth appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 September 2026
Existing operators on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) are consolidating their interest in the sea lane as more new players prepare to enter the market. Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) is finalising newbuilding orders for five 4,800 teu Arctic-class ships to be run by Northern Sea Route Shipping Line, its joint venture with Yangpu Newnew Shipping, currently the most frequent NSR user. Alphaliner said the ships are designed by Russia’s United ... The post NSR incumbents double down as newcomers join Arctic shipping push appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 September 2026
You may recall our ‘M&A rumblings‘ coverage from the end of February. Back then, market talk was that AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) had approached Belgium’s Euroports Group, the owner of Antwerp-based Manuport Logistics, as Premium wrote: “A €550m-revenue freight forwarder that (…) benefits from that set-up as it ‘can leverage [Euroports] group assets’, including: owned terminals and port facilities; warehousing and storage capacity; as well as ‘specialised cargo handling capabilities (bulk, breakbulk, liquids, ... The post Manuport Logistics takeover – rumours build appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 September 2026
The WTO Secretariat launched a new publication on the role of stablecoins in supporting cross-border trade on 14 September on the sidelines of the WTO's first World Trade and Tech Day. The report, prepared by the Economic Research and Statistics Division and the Trade in Services and Investment Division, examines the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of stablecoins in facilitating international trade, highlighting how they can accelerate cross-border payments and their potential to increase participation in the international trading system, especially for developing economies.
14 September 2026
On 9 September 2026, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards regarding the initiation on 7 September 2026 of a safeguard investigation on certain flat steel products with polymer coating imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
14 September 2026
“Unlike Rumpelstiltskin, plaintiff Michael Carrabes cannot spin straw into gold. In this employment litigation, Plaintiff roots all of his claims (…) in the same untenable soil, specifically, his unfounded belief that his former supervisor, defendant Tracy Peveri, fabricated a complaint about Plaintiff so that Peveri could remove him from his position managing a sales team and install a female employee in his place. ” Those were the opening remarks of Expeditors in ... The post Carrabes vs Expeditors – the show goes on appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 September 2026
Amazon is reshuffling its air cargo network after suspending operations with 21 Air, removing seven 767 freighters from its contracted fleet just weeks before the traditional fourth-quarter peak. The ecommerce giant announced the move yesterday, a week after a 21 Air-operated Amazon Air 767 overran the runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people on the ground. Significantly, Amazon did not simply say it was suspending the carrier while it awaited the ... The post Amazon reshuffles air network after suspending 21 Air appeared first on The Loadstar .
