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The day’s most important moves across every mode — air, rail, road, ocean and the trade that ties them together.
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Tuesday, October 6 |
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Port Houston is investing in infrastructure like expanding the Houston Ship Channel to support larger ships and more efficient flow of cargo.
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Ocean
BY STUART CHIRLS · AMERICAN SHIPPER · OCTOBER 5, 2026
Israel’s Government Companies Authority has paused its review of the original deal structure and wants a substantially revised proposal, putting Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2 billion bid for Zim back at the starting line.
| THE TAKE — A new application process plus a shareholder group holding more than 10% of Zim and questioning whether the changes warrant a fresh vote makes a late-2026 close look increasingly optimistic. Hapag-Lloyd’s CEO is arguing the regulator’s objections target the original proposal rather than the improved one, but that’s an argument for the new filing, not a way around it. The restructured plan’s concessions — 16 vessels for the Israeli entity versus 11 required and a tighter foreign-ownership threshold — show how much ground the buyer is willing to give to keep the deal alive. |
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DP World has signed a lease option to build Corpus Christi’s first container terminal, marking the Dubai-owned operator’s first U.S. terminal project since its 2006 exit.
| THE TAKE — The history is the story here: congressional opposition forced DP World out of its U.S. port holdings in 2006 on national security grounds, so a return — even through a lease option rather than an outright purchase — is a notable shift. For Corpus Christi, a roughly 1 million TEU terminal would diversify a port that’s overwhelmingly energy and ag cargo, and the rail links to all three Class I railroads give the project a credible inland story. Whether political appetite has really changed is the open question. |
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Cross-Border
Mexican trade officials are warning importers and exporters about fraudsters who spoof company domains and pose as importers and customs brokers to redirect customs-related payments.
| THE TAKE — The scam works because cross-border freight runs on urgency — a treasury employee under deadline pressure who wires money without confirming through a second channel is exactly what these impersonators are counting on. IDScan.net’s finding that attempted identity fraud in U.S. cargo and logistics rose 213% between 2023 and 2024, then climbed another 30% in 2025, suggests this is a sector-wide trend rather than a Mexico-specific one. Advance payments to customs brokers are the obvious soft spot, which makes out-of-band verification of any banking-detail change the simplest defense. |
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Evri agreed to acquire Florida-based Cross Border Connect, a courier focused on UK-US e-commerce deliveries and returns, as it extends its reach beyond Europe.
| THE TAKE — Buying an asset-light, tech-driven courier with six U.S. ports of entry is a low-capital way into a market where building a delivery network from scratch would be prohibitively expensive. With DHL eCommerce now holding a majority stake in Evri and the earlier Coll-8 customs acquisition, the pattern is clear: assemble cross-border capabilities in pieces rather than build them. Keeping CBC’s co-founder on as CEO is the usual signal that the acquirer wants the existing operation left intact. |
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OCT 27–28, 2026 · THE SIGNAL, CHATTANOOGA, TN
FreightWaves’ flagship event blends rapid-fire tech demos and world-class speakers with the most legendary networking in logistics. Join 1,000+ freight and logistics experts, industry leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators for a definitive look at the year ahead. Come for the insights, stay for the celebration and leave with the connections that will define your 2027.
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American Shipper · The Daily — published weekdays
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