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CBP's rule from 5 January 2027 redefines who counts as a US importer, putting DDP prices, duty liability and entry filing back on the buyer's risk list.
Maersk more than doubled lo-lo charges for empties at Mundra, and Chennai brokers have given MSC until 15 November to reverse depot collections or face a boycott.
Indian Oil's board has approved buying crude and LPG carriers, its finance director said, as war-driven spot freight pushes refiners to secure their own ships.
PanStar Acro's 50-day Arctic round trip beat the fastest Suez routing by at least 10 days. Seoul wants regular services by 2030, but cost and Russian permits limit use.
Iraq says US understandings allow Hormuz exports via an Oman lane. The terms are unpublished, and freight and war-risk insurance still set the landed cost.
Drewry's intra-Asia index fell $26 to $1,478 per 40ft while Shanghai to Los Angeles held at $7,539, a split that changes booking timing and 2027 contract maths.
HPCL says it can buy Middle East crude again but often cannot charter a tanker to load it inside the Gulf. Freight availability, not barrels, now sets the buyer's cost.
An ADNOC-chartered tanker caught fire off Oman and a second ship was hit, as UKMTO says Hormuz transits have fallen to single-digit or low-double-digit counts.
The rupee is 2.9% stronger in a month, cutting the rupee cost of dollar-priced imports, while reserves sit $68.65 billion below September's record.
A product tanker burned about eight nautical miles off Khasab in an attack attributed to Iran's IRGC. UKMTO says Hormuz transits are well below normal.
US zone manufacturers can owe duty on goods made with USMCA drawback merchandise exported to Mexico or Canada. Two bills would end that; both sit in committee.
Maersk charges US$3,850 a box from west India, below October's US$5,150, and US$4,200 from east and south India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives from 8 November.
Trafigura, Vitol, Mercuria and ADNOC want US licences to buy or lease about 50 sanctioned tankers. Analysts expect the usable capacity gain to be slow and small.
Egyptian fertilizer plants face a second gas curtailment, trimming urea output from a major export origin as global gas stays tight.
Valero says moving a barrel from the US Gulf to Asia costs $30-35, against about $5 a year ago. Freight now rivals crude quality in choosing a supplier.
A US aircraft disabled the St Kitts-flagged bulker Huda about 18 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan, the UAE port MSC has just added to its Shikra service.
Class 8 orders fell 36% in October as Daimler, Paccar and Traton report parts shortages. Fleets may enter 2027 with less new equipment than rates suggest.
Adani Ports is buying Evos, Europe's second-largest independent tank storage operator, for €2.56 billion. Buyers face new owners and contract questions.
US aircraft disabled the dry bulk carrier Huda off Khor Fakkan on 7 November after it left an Iranian port, showing enforcement beyond Hormuz.
Two November notices show how surcharges pile up: Hapag-Lloyd on Pakistan reefers and ONE on Kenyan rail. Here is how they are set, filed, capped and audited.
US truckload producer prices rose 4.6% in September from August and 17.9% from a year earlier, as driver enforcement and diesel taxes shape 2027 contract talks.
MSC has added Khor Fakkan and Sohar to its Shikra loop, so China, Singapore and India cargo can reach the Gulf without a Hormuz transit, at a higher land cost.
Washington wants China to deliver rare earths and soybeans before the Busan truce expires on 10 January. Buyers face a tariff and magnet supply cliff in early 2027.
A third extension gives about 250 watchmen at Los Angeles and Long Beach two more weeks before they can strike, and puts the next deadline at 20 November.
India's DGFT is asking exporters how to shape relief from rising inland transport costs and scarce containers, with no inland freight support scheme notified yet.
Shanghai spot copper premiums hit a record as Trafigura buys metal in Asia, widening a squeeze that tests whether US stockpiles can return.
Qatar's plan to trade IAEA access for a US blockade lift would strip part of the Hormuz war-risk premium, but may come too late for this winter's LNG.
Fewer cargo thefts are reported in the US and Canada, but each one costs far more. Fraudulent pickups and fake carriers are now the fastest-growing threat.
Maersk has pushed reduced rail capacity at Rotterdam's Maasvlakte II terminal out to end-June 2027, just as Hapag-Lloyd completes its 25% stake in the same Gemini hub.
US regulators forced Union Pacific to publish a video of its CEO discussing rates for merger critics, inside the review of its $85 billion Norfolk Southern bid.
Brent is heading for its steepest weekly fall since 2020 on hopes of de-escalation in the Iran war, but diesel is barely easing and war-risk charges are not.
October air rates averaged 25.9% above a year earlier as demand outpaced flat capacity. Transpacific lanes are tight; Asia-Europe is looser, and fuel adds to the bill.
The IEA says lost Qatari and Emirati cargoes could leave global LNG supply 10 to 25 bcm below last winter, with the EU's storage buffer at its thinnest since 2013.
Apple raised purchase commitments by $33 billion and expects memory costs to rise again. Buyers now face prepayment demands and committed supply, not just higher prices.
A second extension runs to midnight Pacific time on Friday, 6 November, as the bridge that carries trucks between San Pedro and Terminal Island shuts for 16 months.
Maersk is reported to be near an order for 12 ships of 24,000 TEU, and MSC to have added three more, just as Xeneta expects average spot rates to fall 30% in 2027.
India has opened applications for 2027 tariff-rate quotas on UK-built cars and goods vehicles, with a November 21 deadline to claim the 10% in-quota duty.
A seafarer died after a missile is believed to have hit a product tanker off Qatar. The strike shows Gulf shipping risk now reaches beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
The EU opened a safeguard probe into PET resin chemical imports on 6 November. No measures are in force, but a safeguard would in principle cover all origins.
The tyre industry body wants a temporary tariff-rate quota on natural rubber imports, capped at the domestic demand gap, to ease costs at a record ₹300 per kg.