Global Logistics

U.K. Faces Food Crisis Threat as Virus Surge Blocks Trade

December 21, 2020

The U.K. is confronting threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus.

Beirut Explosion Destroys Tonnes of Lebanon’s Food Stocks

What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Giant Cargo Ships

December 18, 2020

Bloomberg

COVID-19 has wrought havoc everywhere, but in the nominally regulated shipping industry it’s fueling a worrying practice: the abandonment of ships, cargo and seafarers with no way to get home.

U.K. Businesses Plead for Time to Avoid Brexit Cliff Edge

December 15, 2020

Bloomberg

As trade talks have come down to the wire, companies have to try to adapt for life beyond Dec. 31 without knowing the fundamental rules of engagement.

How a New Zealand Meat Exporter Is Navigating the Pandemic

December 14, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It’s tough enough maintaining a reliable domestic food supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine, then, the challenge of managing one that stretches nearly 8,000 miles.

Brexit Stockpiling Frenzy Fuels Chaos in Cross-Channel Trade

December 10, 2020

Bloomberg

The split from the European Union is fueling an increasingly frenzied demand for goods, creating traffic snarl-ups at ports and highways on both sides of the English Channel and leading to at least one major factory shutdown.

Fidelity Calls for Urgent Action to Help 400,000 Stranded Seafarers

December 10, 2020

Bloomberg

Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused by the more than 400,000 seafarers who are stranded aboard vessels and a similar number who remain ashore with little prospect for work or pay.

Multi-Shipper Management Tools Help Retail Fulfillment Solution Providers Meet Their Clients' Complex Parcel Shipping Needs

December 3, 2020

Pierbridge

In the face of rising B2C costs, volumes and capacity constraints, shippers have to re-engineer their fulfillment processes to accommodate last-mile parcel delivery.

A Retailer's Guide to Turning Shipping Into a Competitive Advantage

December 3, 2020

Pierbridge

Here's how a multi-carrier parcel shipping management solution can help keep costs in line.

In Trade’s 2020 Comeback, Globalization Is Alive and Kicking

December 3, 2020

Bloomberg

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to put the final nail in the coffin of globalization and prompt a retreat into a new era of protectionism. Instead, some are now calling the crisis the Great Accelerator.

Peas and Lentils Are the Latest to Be Hit by Container Squeeze

November 24, 2020

Bloomberg

A shortage of containers at Vancouver’s port is slowing Canada’s exports of lentils and peas, the latest ripple in a phenomenon that has roiled trade.

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