AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAviation Disruption: Global carriers have frozen bookings and rerouted Bahrain-bound cargo after the Strait of Hormuz closure, with MSC ending voyages into the inner Gulf and Hapag-Lloyd/COSCO imposing strict booking bans; Maersk is stripping Bahrain volumes at Jeddah and moving via Salalah/Khor Fakkan land-bridges and feeder networks. Recycling & Materials: Trimet is ramping up German aluminium recycling, adding melting capacity in Gelsenkirchen (up to +80,000 tonnes/year), switching furnaces to hydrogen-rich process gas from August 2026, and building a new Hamm facility to sort and process scrap using laser-based analysis. Defence Industrial Policy: Germany and France are ending the joint FCAS fighter jet effort after Airbus and Dassault failed to agree on leadership and work sharing; they plan to keep a “combat cloud” networking concept. Trade & Supply Chains: EU leaders are weighing rules to force more than one source for “critical supplies” to reduce over-reliance on single suppliers, especially China, as G7 and EU summits focus on trade imbalances. Airport Capacity: Chennai Airport plans 10 luxury transit suites in Terminal 3 to serve rising international layovers, including routes to Europe and Germany.
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