Logistics sector

World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices for a basket of food commodities, averaged 136.0 points in September.

A race behind the F1 race: How logistics and banking come together to power the Grands Prix

Interview with Praveen Gregory, (left) 44, Managing Director of DHL Global Forwarding for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei; together with James Nesbitt, (right) 51, Managing Director and Head of Global Subsidiaries for Singapore and ASEAN, Standard Chartered; on their business partnership, ahead of the Singapore GP at Standard Chartered's office on Sept 3.

Branded Content

5-min battery swaps, vertical trailer chassis parking: What S’pore's modern logistics looks like

Allied Container Group managing director Lim Kian Chin

S’pore-based Apex Logistics ‘fully cooperating’ in US probe into alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips

Swiss logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel wholly owns Apex Logistics, which is reportedly being investigated by the US over its suspected role in supplying AI chips to China.

RedMart Now expands express delivery service to Punggol, Sengkang, Yishun and Woodlands

Senior vice-president and head of RedMart Martin Daney (left) and chief logistics officer for RedMart and Lazada Singapore Venkat Shankar at Lazada One.

With no heirs, German tycoon Kuehne’s foundation gets his $62b fortune

German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne married relatively late and had no children.

US flags 40 economies, including Singapore, in China’s ‘shadow transshipment network’

PSA Tanjong Pagar terminal in Singapore.

PSA’s automated Tuas Port hits 25 million TEUs amid $115 billion capacity race

PSA Singapore processed 44.5 million TEUs in 2025 and maintains a network connecting to 600 ports globally with daily sailings.

CEO Insights

Logistics must up its game as on-time delivery is now just ‘table stakes’: FedEx Asia-Pac chief

FedEx’s Asia-Pacific president Salil Chari says geopolitical uncertainties over the past year have highlighted the need for more adaptable and robust supply chains.

Evacuations ordered as Coupang warehouse blaze in South Korea fuels collapse fears

Smoke rising from a logistics centre operated by retail giant Coupang on July 19 after a fire broke out the day before in Incheon, South Korea.

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