**Daily Logistics News by Velraj**
📅 15 August 2026
1. PM Modi, addressing the nation from the Red Fort on India's 80th Independence Day, highlighted recent trade agreements as a major opportunity for MSMEs and urged businesses not to miss it, alongside remarks on railway electrification progress since 1925.
2. American states have declared 15 August "India Day" as Indian missions worldwide mark the 80th Independence Day, with celebrations at diplomatic and trade forums globally.
3. Typhoon Dolphin-driven congestion continues to disrupt Asia container freight, with capacity remaining tight and delays persisting across Shanghai, Ningbo, and southern Chinese ports — a factor to watch for India-linked transshipment schedules over the coming weeks.
4. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) has signed an MoU with the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) to advance technology-driven water resource management.
5. Ocean Network Express (ONE) is set to launch a new branch office in Greece next month, expanding its European network footprint relevant to India-Mediterranean container trade.
6. Trump has said US military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez Canals for free — a statement that, if acted on, could reshape transit-fee dynamics on routes increasingly used by India-bound cargo rerouting from the Gulf.
7. Piyush Goyal has advanced strategic cooperation with Israel across agriculture, technology, and trade.
8. China has publicly opposed U.S. measures targeting its maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors — a trade-policy friction point relevant to global container capacity and freight-rate stability.
Sources: indiashippingnews.com
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