US logistics real estate operator Prologis has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Segro, the UK’s largest Reit. The deal will create the world’s largest logistics platform, with completion expected in the first half of 2027.

Washington is aiming to announce a provisional agreement with Tehran and Muscat to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while on the Omani route a Greek bulk carrier has been hit by a projectile and, in the Red Sea, the Houthis have claimed their eighth attack on a Saudi tanker since 22 July.

A drone carrying a suspected device was detected during the night of 5 August near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport. A DHL aircraft that took off shortly afterwards struck an unidentified object and landed in Hannover with damage. Police are investigating possible sabotage.

Enilive Austria has opened the country’s first Gold-certified HGV parking area under the SSTPA standard in St. Marienkirchen bei Schärding, on the A8 Innkreis motorway. The 74-space facility is part of European Union project to upgrade five rest areas across Austria, Italy and Germany.

New tools for truck inspections in Germany. Mainz has introduced an unmarked van capable of reading tachographs and measuring the weight and dimensions of industrial vehicles while they are moving, while the first of 16 planned dynamic weighing stations across the country has entered service on the A4 motorway near Düren.