Midlertidig suspension af reservationer til/fra Rusland og Hviderusland

A two-week ceasefire announcement was announced on 8 April by the US, Israel and Iran, with the re-opening of the Hormuz Strait being a key component of the ceasefire agreement. The first 24 hours of the ceasefire have shown that the ceasefire itself is very fragile, and not least that there are conflicting views on key aspects of the agreement, not least in terms of whether a ceasefire in Lebanon was part of the scope or not.

Entering week 4 of the war between the US/Israel and Iran, there are still no signs of an imminent ceasefire. While the operational impact on especially airfreight continues to minimise, it is clear that the effects are widespread and impactful. Much of the attention within the global transportation industry has, in the meantime, shifted to surging oil prices and the pain of same.

As the security situation in the Middle East continues to evolve with no short-term outlook for a ceasefire, we wish to provide you with the latest information and the effects on global supply chains.

Following the military strike by the US-Israel on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliation on targeted US bases in the Middle East, between 28 February and 1 March 2026, we wish to provide you with an update on the short-term impact on global transportatio

While much attention during the last years has been on geopolitical impacts on the transportation and logistics industry, the industry itself this time created the headlines. News emerged on 16 February that German container carrier Hapag-Lloyd had struck a deal to acquire Israeli carrier ZIM, firmly cementing its 5th place ranking amongst global container carriers.

Det globale transport- og logistiklandskab er fortsat plaget af en række geopolitiske påvirkninger, der har knust ethvert håb om stabilitet resten af året. Selvom midlertidige aftaler om amerikanske toldsatser indgås i et jævnt tempo, er realiteten, at usikkerheden konstant lurer i kulissen og skubber de globale forsyningskæder ind i en “stop & go”-tilstand, krydret med sporadiske efterspørgselseffekter i ketchup-format.

Selvom vi foretrækker at bringe positive nyheder til vores læsere inden for det globale logistik- og transportområde, bliver dette stadig vanskeligere på grund af en ny global handelsorden. Globale handelsprincipper og den underliggende geopolitiske dynamik har været udsat for en række jordskælv i de seneste måneder, udløst af den amerikanske regerings fundamentalt nye udenrigshandelspolitik.

Herunder finder du en frisk og letfordøjelig oversigt over amerikanske toldsatser

Starten på 2025 signalerede en vis lettelse for speditører verden over. Strejken i havnene ved USA’s østkyst og sydkyst blev afværget, og Houthi-oprørerne erklærede våbenhvile i Det Røde Hav – hvilket skabte håb om en længe ventet genåbning af Suezkanalen.

Når vi går ind i 2025, er det globale transport- og logistiklandskab defineret af en duet af kendte og uforudsigelige kræfter, der kæmper mod hinanden. På den ene side af 2025-ligningen står et historisk ustabilt geopolitisk miljø, mens der på den anden side er en udbuds- og efterspørgselssituation med et forventet udbudsoverskud.