The National Retail Federation (NRF), the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) all welcomed President Joe Biden’s announcement July 15 that he had created via executive order a Presidential Emergency Board.

Mark Carroll, executive vice president of product strategy with Transportation Insight and Nolan Transportation Group, introduces the company's new transportation management system, the Beon Digital Logistics Platform.

South Korea’s biggest shipping company plans to invest 15 trillion won ($11.4 billion) by 2026 on new ships and terminals to strengthen its competitiveness and comply with tighter environmental regulations.

The White House is monitoring labor talks in the logistics industry as unions representing 115,000 rail workers and 22,000 West Coast dockworkers negotiate fresh contracts, but won’t get directly involved in either bargaining process now, its supply chain envoy said.

Walmart Inc.’s deal backing an electric-vehicle startup has some strings, including a provision preventing sales to rival Amazon.

About 70,000 truck owner-operators who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed U.S. supply chains.

Shipping faces cyber risks similar to those in other industries — but the stakes are much higher given that almost 80% of global trade moves on the sea.

Each wave of supply shock to hit the global economy during the pandemic seems to produce a different scapegoat.