Logistics

U.S. Importers Are Paying Anything to Avoid Shipping Woes

March 30, 2022

U.S. importers, straining under a tapped-out supply chain, are increasingly offering top dollar for long-term shipping contracts that may not even be honored as they try whatever it takes to guarantee the arrival of their products.

Ukraine War, China Lockdowns Hit Global Supply Chains

March 29, 2022

Bloomberg

Global supply strains that started to ease in early 2022 are worsening again as headwinds strengthen from the war in Ukraine and China’s Covid lockdowns, threatening slower growth and faster inflation across the global economy.

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Watch: The Prime Problem With Amazon Prime

March 28, 2022

Russell W. Goodman, SupplyChainBrain

You might not be able to beat Amazon Prime, but you can make the supply chain changes necessary to be competitive, says Jason Murray, chief executive officer and co-founder of Shipium.

Automation, Shortages: These Are the Forces Disrupting Trucking

March 25, 2022

Sylvie Woolf, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

When everything's out of your company’s control, there’s one thing you can control: the experience you give your customers. These industry trends are opportunities to harness.

Diesel-Tax Holidays Are Meant to Help Truckers — But They're Not Celebrating

March 24, 2022

Bloomberg

The move by some states to soothe the sting of soaring fuel prices by temporarily suspending diesel fuel taxes has some unlikely opponents: truckers, the very people it’s supposed to help.

Five Ways to Improve Supply Chain Continuity Planning

March 23, 2022

Gordon Downes, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

Business continuity plans with key suppliers help to mitigate supply chain risk and fluctuations in consumer demand.

Airlines Rethink $57Bn in Boeing Orders After Crash

How Air Cargo's Recovery Hinges on Passenger Travel

March 23, 2022

David Buss, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

A rollercoaster winter for global logistics has clouded any glimmer of “normalcy” for the airline and air cargo industry, leaving companies to question if and when operations will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amazon Halts Work on San Francisco Depot After City Moratorium

March 23, 2022

Bloomberg

Amazon has stopped work on a new warehouse in San Francisco after the city’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to implement a moratorium on new parcel delivery services there.

Ship Stuck Near D.C. Signals East Coast Ports’ Rush to Expand

March 22, 2022

Bloomberg

The $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

Where Are the Tech Companies in Biden's Supply Chain Initiative?

March 21, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor

The Biden administration’s launch last week of its Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative has left a number of supply chain data experts scratching their heads.

Logistics

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