Despite a 19% year-over-year increase in container volume, the Port of Los Angeles recorded its best year ever for reducing emissions on a per container basis.

The port's record third quarter numbers were in spite of a 7.5% year-over-year dip in TEUs in September, as the peak shipping season drew to a close.

Dubbed ONE LEAF+, the service allows shippers to transport cargo on ships using UCOME biofuel, which generates 84% fewer carbon emissions compared to standard marine fuel.

The U.S. port fees took effect on the same day as new tariffs on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets and lumber.

China also announced that it would be looking a 2024 probe launched by the USTR, which asserted that China's dominance in the shipbuilding sector posed a national security threat. 

The industry had already been racing to find workarounds to blunt the blow from the USTR's punishing port fees. Now it faces additional challenges from China’s retaliation.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Curtis Spencer, chief executive officer of Bloodhound Tracking Device, Inc.

The delays put Germany in a bind just as European nations pour billions into bolstering their military capability in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia.

The countermeasures took effect on September 28, and will remain in place "unless relevant treaties or agreements offer adequate and effective remedies."

The world’s largest container shipping line gave a number of reasons, including that an increase in Arctic transit traffic could impact the fragile ecosystem of the region.