Arctic Shipping Launch: South Korea’s Panstar Line starts bookings for the country’s first commercial containership voyage along the Northern Sea Route to Europe, aiming to compete with China-led Arctic services. Rail Modernization: Canada will invest $1.9B to replace Via Rail’s aging locomotives and build a Montreal assembly/maintenance plant with Stadler, bringing hybrid battery-diesel power and more work back home. Reverse Logistics & Retail: MAC.BID opens a new St. Peters, Missouri warehouse to auction returned and overstock goods from major retailers, expanding local jobs and speeding the flow from retailer back to consumer. Autonomous Safety Push: Waymo’s high-profile San Francisco incidents are reviving federal AV rules, with a bill targeting emergency-response coordination and standardized incident reporting. Public Health Enforcement: Los Angeles County fines Lineage Logistics $2,000 per day over pest control and unsanitary conditions at a burned Boyle Heights cold-storage site. Infrastructure Disruption: Caltrans continues I-10 Blythe pavement rehabilitation with reduced lanes and ramp closures through winter 2026, while Illinois begins U.S. 67 lane closures for patching through mid-September. Trade & Logistics Policy: Cuba eases restrictions on private actors, including transport-related permissions for eligible entities to import electric vehicles for commercial assembly and sale. Freight Connectivity: Turkmenistan and Tajikistan discuss rail freight volume growth and tariff policy to strengthen cross-border transport links. Safety Strain: Roane County, Tennessee reports hundreds of crashes on an I-40 stretch are tying up ambulances and delaying other 911 responses.