EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Processor pessimism hits pandemic levels / German managers voice further concerns / Worries about Eurozone mount

LOGISTICS

China opens second TIR freight centre / Freight rates continue to fall

PLASTICS RECYCLING

Mixed success for reclaim rates, traceability from advanced sorting technologies – study / Digital markers better than OR

RECYCLING AUSTRIA

Cost pressure from low-priced virgin material / Slump in PET recycling volumes / Expansion of Müllendorf site

UK ECONOMY

Manufacturing on the mend? / June data, purchasing managers point to improvement

LOGISTICS

Hapag Lloyd raises earnings forecast; Maersk lifts financial guidance / Christmas business ends early due to fear of bottlenecks

LOGISTICS

Explosion on container ship in China: freight rates set to rise after closure of Ningbo terminal

LOGISTICS

Golden age for shipping and rail: freight train routes from China to Europe booming

LOGISTICS

Container throughput at European ports declines / EU Commission launches Ship Financing Portal / Freight rates continue to fall

PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY

“Germany needs a more positive underlying mood” / Business development, expectations are improving / Mechanical engineering, recycling companies hit particularly hard – KI Dialog survey

LOGISTICS

Freight rates reach peak / Relief due by mid-September

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German business confidence drops again / Processor optimism continues lower / Concerns about German, Eurozone recoveries on the rise

RECYCLING FRANCE

Citeo commissions second of three post-sorting centres

LOGISTICS

New railway line from Southeast Asia to China goes into operation / CMA CGM loses 44 containers in Cape of Good Hope

RECYCLING USA

Collection, recycling rates for PET bottle polymer lag Europe / MIT study touts benefits of deposit and return schemes

LOGISTICS

Crisis in container freight seems to be worsening / Rates continue to climb

AUSTRIA

One-way deposit on PET bottles, cans from 2025 onward / Construction of 55,000 t/y sorting plant

CIRCULAR ECONOMY UK

Biffa calls for rethink around waste management / Group sets out five-point framework to boost activity

LOGISTICS

China's export mania, for fear of punitive tariffs, drives freight rates higher / DB Schenker sale drags on

LOGISTICS

Higher container throughput in European ports / Freight rates take short breather