Contents
Delivering Global Trade and Logistics Intelligence. Since 1827. August 3, 2026 • Vol 27 • Issue 8
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COLUMNS
4 Hold up By Mark Szakonyi
24 Left at the dock By Matt Leech
36 Recovery, not dominance By Larry Gross
52 Resilience testing By Valter Branco
54 Shippers with little choice By William B. Cassidy
EVERY ISSUE
6 Spotlight 50 By the Numbers 53 Classifieds
ADVERTORIALS 40 Foreign Trade Zones
10 Cover Story Filling a void
The US data center boom is offsetting a consumer import decline
DEPARTMENTS
14 International Maritime Flood watch
Oversupplied ocean carriers are steaming toward excess capacity
Muted influence
Most 2026 newbuilds are heading into disrupted container trades
28 Government Small change, big savings
An EPA proposal would cut truck costs, but little impact is expected on capacity
38 Surface Transportation Hot wheels
Rising imports will pose the first postpandemic test for Chicago chassis fleets
SPECIAL REPORTS
18 Top 50 Global Container Ports An‘ integrated ecosystem’
Gulftainer has unveiled a $ 2 billion Middle East logistics expansion plan
Rule of thirds
Port of Houston is fast tracking plans for a new container terminal
Quadruple berth
Singapore’ s PSA will develop a $ 945 million terminal in Haiphong
30 Canada Ports & Corridors‘ At the speed of Carney’
Canada is readying ambitious supply chain reform legislation
A‘ prudent’ option
A regulatory fast track is moving a stalled Vancouver mega-terminal closer to reality
Northern exposure
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