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Morning Intelligence · May 25, 2026

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01Logistics· Reuters

Rotterdam port deploys autonomous AI tugboats across container terminals

Port of Rotterdam moves a fleet of 14 autonomous tugboats into production. Early throughput data shows a 15% speed gain and 30% cost reduction on assisted berthings, with knock-on effects expected across Benelux supply chains.

→ Throughput on assisted berthings up 15% in pilot quarter
→ Per-berth cost down ~30% with no change in safety incidents
→ Likely template for Antwerp and Hamburg operations within 18 months

02Comflor· Xigno Research

Comflor: competitive landscape analysis for Q2 2026

Comflor's automated flower-grading platform gained share against BloomLogic and FloraBotics in the Benelux. Margin expansion is tied to a new AI grading model and tighter logistics handoffs.

→ Market share +3.2pp QoQ in the Benelux
→ Grading throughput per operator up 41%
→ Risk: rising export costs from France could erode 2H margin

03AI· MIT Tech Review

Generative AI benchmarks shift for supply-chain optimization

New SCO-Bench suite reorders leading models on supply-chain reasoning. Smaller, finetuned models meet or beat frontier general models on routing and forecasting tasks at 10× lower cost.

→ Finetuned 8B models top SCO-Bench routing leaderboard
→ Cost-per-decision falls sharply for mid-market operators
→ Procurement teams should re-evaluate vendor LLM contracts

04Comflor· Politico EU

European Commission updates flower export regulations

New phytosanitary rules tighten cross-border flower transit and could compress lead times by 6–9 hours unless exporters adopt pre-cleared logistics templates.

→ Rules effective Q4 2026
→ Exporters with pre-cleared templates gain a structural edge
→ Watch: French growers most exposed