Tariffs, fuel costs and Middle East tensions are pulling import volumes in two directions this week, while capital keeps flowing toward robotics and AI on both sides of the Atlantic. Here is what mattered across global supply chains over the past 24 hours.
Operations & 3PL
Cincinnati-based Fura picked up LG Logistics Solutions, its sixth acquisition. The AI-driven brokerage migrates each company it buys onto a shared automation platform rather than stacking overhead, a model co-founder Jeff Dangelo says changes the math of consolidation. LG, a full-truckload, LTL and intermodal specialist, keeps founder Luis Guardiola and his team in place. Source: FreightWaves
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics broke ground on an automotive logistics hub in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone. The built-to-suit site, developed by INDU Logistics, will span roughly 28,000 sqm. Hellmann expects the regional automotive logistics market to expand 4 to 6% a year through 2030, with the UAE acting as a pivot between Europe, Asia and Africa. Source: Container News
DHL is putting fresh money into its French operations, continuing a roughly €160 million domestic push aimed at expanding logistics capacity and cutting emissions. France remains one of the group’s busier European theatres for site and fleet investment. Source: Logistics Manager
Technology & Automation
Amazon will spend more than $10 billion to expand and modernise European fulfillment centres, adding 25,000 jobs by the end of the decade. The plan leans on three new robot types, including a next-generation Proteus unveiled in London that takes plain-language instructions and now travels well beyond the dock. Amazon has crossed 1 million robots deployed across its network. Source: FreightWaves
C.H. Robinson is launching its Lean AI Engineer this month, a follow-on to last year’s Lean AI Planner. Where the Planner executed logistics tasks behind the scenes, the Engineer audits a supply chain continuously to surface problems before they bite. AI adoption has helped roughly triple the broker’s stock in two years. Source: FreightWaves
Collaborative robot shipments will grow about 17% a year through 2030, nearly doubling to 129,000 units, says Interact Analysis. Cobot shipments rose almost 15% in 2025 to around 57,000 units, with revenue topping $1.2 billion. Electronics upgrades, a semiconductor recovery and warehouse automation drove the gains. China keeps its lead. Source: DC Velocity
Nvidia and LG Group sealed a broad partnership on June 7 spanning AI factory infrastructure, home robotics, autonomous-driving components and sovereign AI models. It ranks among the widest single-company deals struck during Jensen Huang’s South Korea visit. Source: DIGITIMES
Sustainability & Energy
OceanScore and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group deepened their work on EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime compliance, a collaboration running since mid-2025. Anglo-Eastern adopted OceanScore’s Compliance Manager to handle cost allocation, charter-party interpretation, invoicing and emissions monitoring from one platform. Source: Container News
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction won Approval in Principle from the Korean Register for a 10,000-TEU biofuel-powered container ship, announced June 4 at Posidonia 2026 in Athens. Tightening IMO, EU ETS and FuelEU rules are pushing owners toward alternative fuels, and biofuel blends are an early option. Source: Container News
Aviation will likely miss its 2050 net-zero target, IATA’s chief warned. More than half the planned decarbonisation rests on sustainable aviation fuel, which still covers just 0.8% of airline fuel needs this year. The gap between ambition and supply remains wide. Source: SupplyChainBrain
International Markets
The National Retail Federation raised its June import forecast but trimmed expectations for the rest of summer into early fall. Retailers are pulling merchandise forward ahead of possible tariff and fuel-cost increases from August, while Iran-related uncertainty keeps the longer trend pointed down. Source: JOC
That early buying matches a separate NRF and Hackett Associates read showing a year-on-year bump at major US container ports this month, then a slide below 2025 levels into fall. Higher costs and economic uncertainty are reshaping the peak-season curve. Source: DC Velocity
April carrier data shows Middle East Gulf disruption still dragging on worldwide box volumes, with Red Sea diversions and regional tension weighing on the wider market. Source: Lloyd’s List
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