Maritime Ventures is introducing an artificial intelligence-based road haulage platform that integrates port terminal constraints, with the aim of reducing truck waiting times and improving fleet operating efficiency. Initial trials are under way with Psa Italy.

Some 51% of Italian air cargo companies have already adopted artificial intelligence solutions or launched pilot projects, a share expected to rise to 77% over the next three years. The figures come from the eighth Convegno Osservatorio Cargo Aereo (Air Cargo Observatory Conference), organised by Anama (National Association of Air Cargo Agents).

Switzerland and South Korea are planning to invest in the reconstruction, upgrading and development of new rail links in Ukraine. The former aims to support its companies, while the latter seeks to establish a presence and counter China.

According to Hapag-Lloyd, even with immediate stabilisation in the Middle East and the reopening of Hormuz, it would take between six and eight weeks to return container shipping to normal operations, while additional costs would remain high throughout the recovery phase.

The disruption to maritime traffic has turned the Strait of Hormuz into fertile ground for sophisticated fraud, with unknown actors impersonating Iranian authorities online and demanding bitcoin payments to guarantee transit. The consequences could cost victims far more than the sums transferred.