Warehousing & DC Expansion: Westons Cider opened a £3.5m, 43,000 sq ft Herefordshire distribution centre with 3,000 more pallet spaces and semi-automation to speed retrieval and cut congestion. Cold Chain & Food Logistics: Summerside’s new cold-storage build aims to lower costs for P.E.I. food firms, while UK cross-border delays are still squeezing lead times, inventory and cash flow. E-commerce Parcel Growth: DHL agreed to acquire Venipak, giving DHL eCommerce a fully owned Baltics delivery footprint with parcel lockers and pickup points. Port & Trade Infrastructure: Egypt’s Trans Cargo general cargo terminal at Sokhna Port received its first commercial vessels, starting crane and cargo-handling operations to reduce waiting and delays. Autonomous Logistics Trials: Malaysia launched a remote operations centre for Level 4 trials of RoboVan driverless robovans on a 22km public test route. Geopolitics Hitting Supply Chains: Ukraine drone strikes reportedly hit Russia’s Wildberries logistics and a Lukoil refinery in Volgograd, underscoring logistics and energy targeting. Border Processing Upgrade: Mozambique awarded a 25-year concession to build and run a one-stop border post at Machipanda to cut clearance times on a corridor with 400+ trucks daily. Middle East Shipping Risk: With US-Iran tensions back in focus, Rystad expects Asian LNG prices to soften further if talks progress, but shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains contested. UK Retail Logistics Shift: Sainsbury’s agreed to sell Argos in a £120m deal, including stores, collection points, and the Argos logistics network, with completion targeted for Feb 2027.