Global Logistics

What’s Backed Up at the Suez Canal? Live Animals, Oil and Food

March 25, 2021

Crews are still struggling to remove Ever Given, a stranded container ship longer than the Eiffel Tower, and a look at the type of cargoes waiting to pass show the shipping delays will affect a range of industries.

In Race for Speed, Massive Cargo Ships Are Outrun by Nimble Vessels

March 25, 2021

Bloomberg

Running full steam has revealed how temperamental the backbone of the global trading system is when stretched.

Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck

March 23, 2021

Bloomberg

A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards.

CP Rail’s CEO Makes the $25 Billion Deal His Mentor Wouldn’t

March 23, 2021

Bloomberg

Canadian Pacific Railways’s Keith Creel for years followed in the footsteps of Hunter Harrison, an industry legend whose revolutionary efficiency strategy became the standard at all the major North American railroads.

CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion

March 21, 2021

Bloomberg

Canadian Pacific Railway is aiming to create a 20,000-mile rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada in the first year of those nations’ new trade alliance.

Global Chip Shortage Is Good for Cargo, ANA Says

March 18, 2021

Bloomberg

ANA Holdings Inc. expects its cargo unit to receive a boost this year from the global chip shortage as planes loaded with semiconductors help speed deliveries to automakers and consumer-electronics manufacturers.

Shortage of New Shipping Containers Adds to Global Trade Turmoil

March 17, 2021

Bloomberg

The world’s biggest makers of shipping containers are scrambling to meet a surge in demand for the metal boxes that shuttle some 90% of the goods around the global economy.

U.K. Firms Decry Unfair Brexit Border as EU Goods Waved In

March 14, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.K.’s decision to postpone border checks on goods coming from the European Union until next year has delighted the country’s importers — but left some exporters angry.

Major Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage

March 9, 2021

Bloomberg

Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container shortage that jeopardizes their overseas trading.

How Bundling 3PL Services Can Build Stronger Supply Chains

March 5, 2021

Tom Pelliccio, SCB Contributor

The pandemic has exposed weaknesses in global supply chains, and proved that bundling logistics services can effectively thwart delays and overcome unforeseen challenges.

Global Logistics

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