Contract logistics takes the morning. GXO locks in L’Oréal across Central Europe, Amazon opens its LTL network to any shipper willing to book, and DHL puts a €3bn number on energy logistics. At sea, ammonia propulsion just moved from pilot deck to delivery.
Operations & 3PL
GXO Logistics has signed a multi-year agreement with L’Oréal covering logistics operations in Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The deal supports the beauty group’s growth across Central Europe and extends a relationship the two companies already run in other regions. Volumes will cover retail and e-commerce distribution for the group’s brand portfolio. Source: Container News
Amazon again tops the annual US and global third-party logistics rankings, a list published as the freight market shows its first real signs of stabilizing since 2025. Scale keeps winning. Source: Supply Chain 24/7
Rhenus has opened a 2,500 sqm cross-dock warehouse in Kaunas, Lithuania, reinforcing its transport and warehousing network across the Baltics, a corridor that keeps gaining traffic as nearshoring reshapes North European flows. Source: Container News
And Amazon is now an LTL carrier for everyone. The company opened its less-than-truckload freight service to all shippers, not just marketplace sellers, putting incumbent LTL networks on notice even if analysts doubt a short-term shake-up. Source: DC Velocity
Technology & Automation
Humanoid robots are working the ramp at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, where Japan Airlines has been trialling them on ramp handling duties since May. Industry voices see large opportunities in logistics, with one caveat: warehouses are not the entry point yet. Source: The Loadstar
Einride began trading on Nasdaq after completing its de-SPAC merger. The Swedish company is scaling two product lines at once: electric trucks and cabless autonomous vehicles. Source: American Shipper
Sunstice launched Helios, an AI layer built to help supply chain planning teams reach decisions faster during disruptions. The pitch lands at a moment when planning cycles keep getting compressed. Source: Supply Chain 24/7
Xpeng chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng will personally run the company’s robotics division as the Chinese EV maker accelerates toward a humanoid robot launch. A telling signal of where Chinese automakers see their next margin. Source: DIGITIMES
Sustainability & Energy
DHL Group expects its New Energy Logistics proposition to quintuple revenues to €3bn by 2030. The offer combines capabilities across Express, Global Forwarding and Supply Chain, and launches a Time Definite Plus service aimed at the energy sector’s resilience demand, from grid components to battery storage projects. Source: The Loadstar
BIMCO adopted a new Biofuel Clause for time charter parties, addressing the legal and operational gaps that have slowed low-carbon fuel uptake in chartering. Standard wording, fewer disputes. Source: Container News
EXMAR took delivery of MGC ANTWERPEN, the first oceangoing vessel powered by a dual-fuel ammonia engine. After years of engine-room debate, ammonia propulsion now exists in commercial service. Source: Hellenic Shipping News
International Markets
Geodis named Eric Gerbi to head its Global Freight Forwarding division. The long-serving executive spent more than a decade on the finance side helping build the unit he now leads. Source: The Loadstar
TDK is acquiring US metal 3D-printing startup Fabric8Labs for up to USD 400 million, a bet on AI data center cooling and the Japanese group’s latest push into AI infrastructure supply chains. Source: DIGITIMES
US truckload carriers used an investor conference to lay out the case for a sustained, multiyear rate recovery. Capacity has left the market; pricing power may finally follow after three years of depressed spot rates. Source: American Shipper
Retailer Burlington is leaning on ocean freight contracts to blunt elevated shipping costs, while packing more product into each inbound and outbound load, chief supply chain officer Greg Shultz said. The retailer is also densifying loads on both inbound and outbound legs. Source: Supply Chain Dive
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