Ocean Transportation

Music, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at Sea

October 19, 2021

With many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.

Global Port Gridlock Threatens Economies Everywhere

October 18, 2021

Bloomberg

Global ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.

Port-Crisis Plan Seeks Inland U.S. Terminals, More Truckers

October 15, 2021

Bloomberg

Commitments from shippers and cargo owners to move toward around-the-clock unloading at the docks in Los Angeles are a first step to addressing a national supply chain backlog.

Biden Confronts Supply Chain Crisis Stretching Past His Grip

October 14, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden wants to break a logjam at U.S. ports and stave off a holiday season of shortages and delays — bottlenecks that officials and stakeholders say extend far beyond the reach of the White House.

China's Golden Week Adds to Global Shipping Delays

October 12, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

China’s week-long holiday has exacerbated congestion at two of the country’s busiest ports — Shanghai and Ningbo — where hundreds of cargo ships are waiting to berth.

'Lots of Money' to Be Made in Shipping’s Future Fuels

October 12, 2021

Bloomberg

The race to wean shipping off oil and switch to cleaner fuels should prove lucrative for investors and is drawing interest from fund managers, according to Boston Consulting Group.

Supply Chain Crisis May Have Caused California Oil Spill

October 6, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The gridlock of container ships outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may have been the cause of a major oil spill off the coast of California, according to authorities.

Port Logjams Reach East Coast as Container Ships Idle off Savannah

September 30, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The port bottlenecks that have snarled U.S. supply chains have spread to the East Coast.

The Supply Chain Crisis: No Relief in the Fourth Quarter

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Watch: No Relief This Year for the Global Supply Crisis

September 29, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Patrick Penfield, a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of executive education at the Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, offers a view into supply chain congestion, delays and pricing for the remainder of this year.

How Timing and Luck Kept Product Flowing for Ricoma in the Pandemic

September 27, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In the midst of the worst global supply chain crisis in recent memory, some businesses are finding creative ways to get around severe congestion at seaports and inland freight terminals.

Ocean Transportation

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