Global Logistics

Shipping Containers Are Falling Overboard at a Rapid Rate

April 29, 2021

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean as pressure to speed deliveries raises the risk of safety errors.

Vaccine Hoarding May Backfire on Rich Nations as India Reels

April 28, 2021

Bloomberg

For months, developed economies have hoarded COVID-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, they’re being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.

How K.C. Southern Morphed From Rail Dark Horse to $30 Billion Prize

April 22, 2021

Bloomberg

In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads.

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Watch: What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

April 21, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.

The Shipping Industry Wants to Be Taxed for Its Carbon Emissions

April 21, 2021

Bloomberg

It’s rare for an industry powered by fossil fuels to call for a tax on its own carbon emissions. Yet the shipping sector is doing just that.

Oakland Tops L.A. Area as Ships Inundate World’s Ports

April 19, 2021

Bloomberg

It’s hard to predict when normality will return.

Fed Sees Supply-Chain Issues Growing Despite Better U.S. Outlook

April 15, 2021

Bloomberg

The Federal Reserve is seeing both labor and material shortages mounting up across several sectors of the U.S. economy.

Higher Shipping Costs Are Here to Stay, Sparking Price Increases

April 12, 2021

Bloomberg

Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers.

Commodity Shipping Rates Are Surging Amid Uneven Recovery

April 8, 2021

Bloomberg

For a glimpse of how quickly and unevenly economies are recovering from the pandemic, look no further than the market for shipping raw materials.

End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

March 31, 2021

Bloomberg

The Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles’ heel.

Global Logistics

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