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LOGISTICS Mindless shopping frenzy at Temu & co.: How the West's “It's wiser to be a miser” mentality is causing global container freight rates to skyrocket	14.06.2024
LOGISTICS In search of cargo space: a story of Chinese EV exports and skyrocketing freight rates	07.06.2024
LOGISTICS Carriers slowly find their way back to Ukraine / Deutsche Bahn's logistics division estimated at EUR 15 bn / Freight rates continue to rise	31.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY DIHK survey: Mood in chemical industry brightens slightly / Plastics industry remains pessimistic	29.05.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mood among German firms unchanged / Plastics companies more pessimistic / Eurozone recovers for third month running	28.05.2024
LOGISTICS Containers become scarce in world trade / Freight rates rise as a result	24.05.2024
LOGISTICS US hikes tariffs on Chinese imports / Shortage of freight space causes prices to rise	16.05.2024
LOGISTICS Four terrorist attacks repelled, 27 merchant ships escorted by German warship / Maersk warns of freight-capacity shrinkage on Far East-Europe route	10.05.2024
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Prices higher in Q1 on supply chain disruptions / Demand remains flat / Modest growth possible, says European industry association	07.05.2024
LOGISTICS Maersk raises full-year profit guidance / Container throughput at Northern European ports up 10%	03.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY Government raises economic growth forecast slightly / ifo business climate index for April improves	26.04.2024
LOGISTICS Era of free passes ends for shipping companies with expiry of EU Block Exemption Regulation / Shipping emissions hit record high due to Middle East conflict	26.04.2024
LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE Critical skill shortage in plastics processing industries intensifies / Germany needs almost 500,000 foreigners per year; shortage of working migrants in Italy and Spain – study / PIE talks to industry experts	23.04.2024
LOGISTICS Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes MSC Aeris / Hapag-Lloyd aims for emission-free transport by 2045 / Freight rates decline	19.04.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY Europe largely trails US, Canada in appeal for local businesses – ifo study / Experts rate their homelands	18.04.2024
LOGISTICS Does German trucking index represent manufacturing shifts? / Costs for ocean shipments flat to lower	12.04.2024
ENERGY Asia-Pacific could become global leader in shift to renewables / Electrification key to reaching net-zero ambitions / Investment needed – Wood Mackenzie report	11.04.2024
USA Follow-up: 16 Republican states sue Biden administration over planned LNG export pause / Regulatory process claimed circumvented	11.04.2024
PLASTICS WASTE UK firm fined EUR 1 mn for illegal waste shipment / Italy seizes 82.5 t mixed waste headed for Africa	11.04.2024
LOGISTICS CMA CGM declares force majeure for shipments from Baltimore / Container Throughput Index shows uptick in German export business / Container freight rates drop	04.04.2024
LOGISTICS Freighters start to venture through the Red Sea / Freight forwarders unhappy due to cost increases	28.03.2024
EUROZONE ECONOMY Purchasing managers report improved services / Manufacturing weakens again / German business morale jumps / Swiss central bank kicks off cycle of interest rate cuts	25.03.2024
LOGISTICS Revamped EU rules pave way forward for zero-emission trucks, buses / German government aims to strengthen competitiveness of ports / Deutsche Bahn logistics units with major losses	22.03.2024
MANAGEMENT German plastics industry registers fewer bankruptcies percentage-wise in 2023 than industry as a whole / Falkensteg: “The figures are misleading”	21.03.2024
LOGISTICS When growls sound like optimism: more trucking activity in Germany / Shipping surges around Cape of Good Hope	15.03.2024

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