Boluda Shipping signed an agreement on 28 October 2026 to take over the entire Samskip group, at an undisclosed price. Completion is expected on 1 January 2027, subject to approval by the competent authorities. The combined network will have 32 vessels on 18 routes serving 28 countries.

Morocco’s Royal Cabinet announced at the end of October 2026 that it had signed the concession for the new TangerMed 3 container terminal with Maersk-Apm. The terminal will have 1,200 metres of quay and will be able to handle 4.5 million TEU a year.

A 4,300 sq m warehouse was inaugurated at Brescia Airport on 30 October. It will mainly accommodate Amazon’s operations, which have been running four flights a day from the airport since September 2026.

The Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency, working with the Western Ligurian Sea Port System Authority and with support from the Guardia di Finanza, has launched the I-Road Port Tracking project. The system connects Aida and the Port Community System to track trucks and cargo in real time.

Protests by Turkish lorry drivers against Schengen stay restrictions have intermittently disrupted freight traffic towards Bulgaria and Greece since 28 October 2026. Waiting times at Kapıkule had already exceeded four days. Ankara has opened talks with Sofia and the European Commission.