The Final Conference of the Blue Supply Chains (BSC) Project, “Decarbonising Port Operations & Supply Chains: Insights from the Blue Supply Chains Project,” is being held as part of the Baltic Ports for Climate Conference, hosted by the Port of Gdynia. The Baltic Ports Organization is one of the members of a rich and varied partner consortium. The BSC project is set to successfully conclude by the end of 2025.

IRU welcomes the European Commission and High Representative’s new Military Mobility Package and calls for practical civil and military cooperation to keep the EU’s transport network strong and ready.

Successful trade fair in Miami

• 6,345 participants over three days
• International logistics community gathered
• Multimodal with a new focus on maritime logistics 

From November 11 to 13, 2025, the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida was transformed into a logistics hotspot. 6,345 participants visited transport logistic Americas & air cargo Americas and the accompanying special exhibition “project cargo.” The trade fair attracted the logistics community and cemented its status as the leading event for logistics, mobility, IT, and supply chain management in America.

WELLFAST, a member of the AerOceaNetwork (AON), successfully completed a complex transit shipment of cargo from Malaysia to Turkmenistan, passing through China and Uzbekistan. The operation, using combined ocean and truck services, achieved a door-to-door delivery in just 43 days.

Vienna Airport is reaffirming its role as a cargo hub for Central and Eastern Europe: From January through the end of September 2025, a total volume of 233,233 tonnes was handled—an increase of eight percent compared with the same period of the previous year. Belly-hold capacity on long-haul flights and the e-commerce segment, in particular, showed dynamic growth.

Container throughput increases by 8.4 percent to 6.3 million TEU
Seaborne cargo throughput grows 3.4 percent to 86.8 million tonnes
Container hinterland transport on stable growth path

Two exceptional students from the City University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany (Hochschule Bremen – HSB), have been awarded scholarships through Lomar’s Achim Boehme Scholarship for the current academic year.

After Hurricane Melissa struck the Caribbean on October 28, Audrey Azoulay announced emergency support for Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. This aid is intended to sustain educational continuity, assess damage to cultural heritage and strengthen the reliability of information during times of crisis through media-focused programmes.

In 2015, the migrant crisis caused an influx of refugees into Western Europe, which we followed on our TV screens. Today, attempts to enter the country illegally are a daily occurrence, which media constantly report. As a result, immigration is no longer viewed as an opportunity to improve economic conditions and develop the country. Still, it is beginning to be perceived as a threat to the security of citizens. A new report from WEI shows that immigration doesn't have to be a threat – provided that responsible policies are pursued.

European road freight contract and spot rates reached around 134 points in Q3 2025, according to Upply–Ti–IRU’s European Road Freight Rate Development Benchmark Report released today.

Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) continues to strengthen its successful cooperation with Chinese port locations and this year hosted a roadshow featuring three roundtable events in Tianjin, Shenzhen and Shanghai. The event series, titled “German Logistics Roundtable”, was held in Shanghai alongside the China International Import Expo (CIIE), providing partner ports as well as companies from the logistics and industrial sectors with an exclusive platform for direct exchange.

Magma Aviation, an industry-leading air cargo specialist, announced its membership with The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) during the Air Cargo Forum 2025 held in Abu Dhabi last November, 2025.

International Cargo Handling Association (ICHCA) has a new chair. Australian Scott McKay has been elected, effective 30 September. 

Magma Aviation has experienced consistent growth over the past few years, with its global expansion evident in the addition of new routes, a global team, and the expansion of both its narrow-body and wide-body fleets.

IRU welcomes the European Parliament's vote to fast-track an extension of toll exemptions for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) under the Eurovignette Directive. The measure, if confirmed, will prolong the current exemption from 31 December 2025 to 30 June 2031, providing critical financial certainty for operators investing in clean vehicle technology.