News in Brief podcast | Week 4 2026 | Suez uncertainty, CargoWise alternatives and merger roadblocks
In this week’s episode, The Loadstar team explores mounting pressure across shipping, logistics tech and inland transport. As talk of a return to the Suez Canal continues to swing back and forth, carriers, ports and insurers are all weighing up the risks and potential fallout once mass transits resume. Gavin van Marle unpacks what a Suez comeback could mean for North European and Mediterranean ports. Alex Lennane joins to take a deeper look at forwarders rethinking their reliance on CargoWise after its controversial pricing overhaul. Are there real alternatives - or is WiseTech’s grip on the…
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