Daily Supply Chain Brief — May 17, 2026
Autonomous trucks in Texas, US brokers digest the Montgomery ruling, Hormuz pushes container rates +12% at Drewry, and California reopens…
Autonomous trucks in Texas, US brokers digest the Montgomery ruling, Hormuz pushes container rates +12% at Drewry, and California reopens…
Montgomery reshapes US brokerage, Schaeffler bets on humanoid robots, LNG carriers chase 2029 yard slots, and DP World holds Africa…
SCOTUS sides 9-0 against freight brokers, Dollar Tree opens an Arizona mega-DC, Nomagic scales VLA robotics, RIFT picks Rotterdam for…
FedEx clears its LTL spinoff, Outpost ships next-gen gate kiosks, the U.S. weighs nuclear shipping, and AD Ports posts record…
BMO sells trucking finance arm to Stonepeak, Americold spins out $1.3bn cold-chain JV, Kodiak AI's driverless fleet hits 28 trucks…
A $1.3bn cold-storage JV, DHL's new heavy-weight express, APM Terminals' Yokohama PPA and a Hormuz tanker squeeze — your 24-hour…
Cross-border trucking at Eagle Pass, Amazon opens its logistics arm to outside brands, China advances AI factories and waste-to-fertiliser chemistry.
Maersk Q1 hit by softer rates, Hormuz reroutes pressure tankers, GXO lifts guidance, Shippeo buys Logward, and Apple, WattEV, LNG…
Amazon opens its 3PL business; Penske and Loop launch AI platforms; the IMO advances a global emissions plan; UP–NS rail…
Italian household-care group Sodalis has selected Mutual Logistics' 30,000 sqm Poupry shared distribution centre to operate its French L'Arbre Vert…