Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners remain reluctant to carry its cargoes.

International Business Systems (IBS), a supplier of integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), warehouse-management system (WMS) and supply-chain software, is joining with Optricity Corp. in a partnership to integrate IBS's WMS and Optricity's slotting software in the Americas region.

Ocean carriers bucked a five-month downwards trend by improving container service reliability in March, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

SAP Ariba is partnering with PrimeRevenue to create a multi-funder supply-chain financing platform, as part of an integrated source-to-pay process.

It takes a lot of time and energy to turn around one of those massive new containerships in mid-ocean. The same goes for reversing the assumptions that led to the construction of those behemoths in the first place.