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The Loadstar The Loadstar is the link between sourcing and transport logistics. Our high-quality journalism helps readers understand the narrative of globalisation.

Please “like” our page for the latest updates. Alex Lennane launched The Loadstar blog in March 2011, and it grew out of the encouragement we had from the industry. That original content remains at the core of the website http://www.theloadstar.co.uk/. The Loadstar also remains an independent voice in the industry. Alex is an experienced writer on aviation and logistics, with many contacts in the air cargo industry, and she edits the quarterly magazine Airline Cargo Management. She is also Europe editor for the Seattle-based subscription news service, Cargo Facts. She has freelanced for IFW, HeavyLiftPFI and Cargo Systems, among other publications. She is also editor of Low Cost & Regional Airline Business. Gavin van Marle joined The Loadstar from Lloyds List, where he was senior reporter. He was previously editor of IFW and before that Cargo Systems. He is managing editor of Port Technology International, and contributes monthly columns for Drewry Shipping Consultants and Lloyds List. Gavin also works as a consultant on the sea freight industry, providing insight to shippers and other companies, and is the author of the forthcoming book Around the World in Freighty Ways: Adventures in Globalisation.

11/09/2026

Not much change in container spot freight rates this week - transpacific edged up, Asia-Europe edged down, transatlantic remains elevated

11/09/2026

Tanjung Pelepas port paused terminal operations for several hours after a cyber attack, with systems now restored and operations resuming.

11/09/2026

Investigators reveal pilots discussed excessive speed before the Amazon Air 767 crash in Miami, as previous 21 Air safety complaints emerge.

11/09/2026

Air cargo airlines are warning against simply replacing the industry’s dependence on ecommerce with a new concentration on AI.

10/09/2026

Supply chain operatives active in the Middle East could find themselves exposed to a series of new US sanctions against Iranian aviation.

10/09/2026

A new report from VesselBot shows how ship size and utilisation are key to understanding the emissions of each container ship sailing

10/09/2026

Air cargo is unlikely to see a traditional Q4 peak as softer consumer demand contrasts with booming AI, semiconductor and high-tech traffic.

10/09/2026

The World Shipping Council is calling for the IMO to revise to how lithium batteries are declared to prevent container fires

10/09/2026

Intra-Asia rates rose for a fifth straight week as typhoon-related congestion in China and bottlenecks in transhipment ports tied up vessels.

10/09/2026

The EU’s €3 fee on low-value ecommerce parcels has already triggered a major shift in how goods enter Europe.

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