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Ocean freight faces a 2027 imbalance. Plan your stock now.

BIMCO projects global container fleet capacity to grow around 9 percent in 2027 while cargo demand grows by 0.5 to 4.5 percent, reported by Global Trade Magazine on 24 September 2026. The outcome depends partly on whether Red Sea and Suez routing returns to normal, which affects EU-bound lanes.

UK Fuel Duty Rise Would Cost GBP 2,325 per Lorry a Year

UK hauliers warn a fuel duty rise would cost GBP 2,325 per lorry a year, pushing up trunking and final-mile rates.

UK haulage bodies are lobbying against ending the temporary 5p a litre fuel duty cut ahead of the Autumn Budget on 28 October 2026. The Road Haulage Association estimates the increase at GBP 2,325 per lorry a year against margins of around 2 per cent, which puts it into UK delivery rates.

FedEx Targets the Duty Surprise That Kills Conversion

FedEx puts duty and tax estimates into the Shopify checkout, removing the delivery-day surprise that drives refunds.

FedEx has launched Global Trade Navigator, a toolkit covering pre-shipment duty and tax research, landed-cost estimates at Shopify checkout, product classification and customs clearance tools. It cites 68 per cent of small businesses regularly seeing customers surprised by duties at delivery.

DHL Puts Freight Booking Inside an AI Sourcing Tool

DHL freight quoting and booking moves inside Alibaba's AI sourcing agent, putting import decisions inside a buying tool.

DHL Group and Alibaba.com have signed a memorandum of understanding integrating DHL Global Forwarding into the Accio AI agent platform, letting smaller businesses quote, compare and book freight without leaving the sourcing platform. Import structure still needs deciding first.

WTO Cuts Its 2026 World Trade Growth Forecast to 1.9%

The WTO cut its 2026 world merchandise trade growth forecast to 1.9%, raising the cost of shipping every order abroad.

The World Trade Organization has cut its 2026 global merchandise trade growth forecast to 1.9 per cent, against 4.6 per cent actual growth in 2025, citing tariff actions, Middle East tensions and elevated shipping costs. European consumer ecommerce is on a different trajectory.