Not Enough Green Fuel to Meet Net-Zero, Says Hapag-Lloyd December 12, 2024 SupplyChainBrain The company’s CEO anticipates that the fleet’s speed will have to go down to meet new regulation on emissions reductions. Read More
CN Rail, Unifor Reach Tentative Deal December 11, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Unifor members had voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action should an agreement not be reached by January 1, 2025.Read More
Albertsons Sues Kroger for Breach of Contract in Failed Deal December 11, 2024 Bloomberg Albertsons said Kroger “willfully” breached the merger agreement by refusing to divest assets needed for antitrust approval, ignoring feedback from regulators.Read More
‘Disease X’ Trackers Confront Logistics Quagmire in Congo December 11, 2024 Bloomberg Just reaching the epicenter of the outbreak of “Disease X” can take about 48 hours by road from the capital, Kinshasa.Read More
HelloFresh Investigated Over Child Labor Claims December 11, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Across roughly 1,700 cases combined between 2023 and 2024, the DOL found nearly 10,000 children employed in violation of U.S. labor laws.Read More
Boeing Resumes 737 Max Production December 10, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Boeing's machinist strike ended in early November, although it's taken weeks for the company to spin its factories back up to full operations.Read More
Trudeau Says Trump Tariffs Will Lead to 'Real Hardship' for Americans December 10, 2024 SupplyChainBrain The Canadian Prime Minister said Americans are "beginning to wake up to the reality" that Trump's tariffs will drive up prices on a variety of goods.Read More
Global Trade Shows Durability Amid Red Sea, Tariff Threats December 10, 2024 Bloomberg The organization’s most recent trade forecast, released in October, saw trade volume growth for this year at 2.7%, with 3% for 2025.Read More
India's Nicobar Transshipment Hub 'Death Sentence' for Tribe, Flora and Fauna December 10, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Some experts believe that the project would be a "death sentence tantamount to genocide" for the island's nomadic Shompen tribe. Read More
Commercial Shipping to and from Syria Stalls as Rebels Take Control December 9, 2024 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor The major ocean carriers have struggled for years to conduct business in Syria while complying with international sanctions. Read More