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Storms From Texas to China Set to Worsen Global Ship Snarls

September 14, 2021

Global supply chains already tangled by the pandemic, labor shortages and sustained consumer demand in the U.S. are getting walloped by Mother Nature.

Shanghai Halts Some Port Operations and Flights on Typhoon

September 13, 2021

Bloomberg

Shanghai has halted some container port operations and will cancel most flights Monday and Tuesday as Typhoon Chanthu approaches the city, which is China’s financial capital and a major shipping hub.

Ford Will Stop Making Cars in India, Take $2 Billion Charge

September 10, 2021

Bloomberg

Ford Motor Co. will shut its car factories in India and record roughly $2 billion in restructuring charges, scaling back significantly in a country that past management saw becoming one of its three biggest markets.

Delta Surge: Is This as Good as Global Growth Gets?

September 7, 2021

Bloomberg

The pandemic’s summer resurgence is slowing the global economic recovery as the delta variant dogs efforts to rev up factories, offices and schools.

The Global Supply Chain Crisis, as Told by One Stuck Box of Fertilizer

August 31, 2021

Bloomberg

Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes, waiting for a ride to the U.S. It’s been on the dock for months, trapped by typhoons and Covid outbreaks that have worsened major congestion in the global supply-chain network.

The World Economy’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse

August 26, 2021

Bloomberg

A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy.

A Week at Least for World’s Third-Busiest Port to Return to Norm

August 26, 2021

Bloomberg

Operations at China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port will take at least a week to return to normal after the facility was closed because a worker had COVID-19.

China Eyes Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion of Minerals With Risky Bet on Taliban

August 25, 2021

Bloomberg

Afghanistan is sitting on deposits estimated to be worth $1 trillion or more, including what may be the world’s largest lithium reserves — if anyone can get them out of the ground.

Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Soar as Commodities Rebound

August 24, 2021

Bloomberg

For a glimpse at how fast demand for commodities has rebounded in the wake of the coronavirus, look no further than the market for shipping them.

Escalating U.S.-China Solar Rift Threatens Biden Clean-Energy Goals

August 19, 2021

Bloomberg

The first big test of Biden’s lofty clean-power ambitions may not be congressional approval of sweeping climate legislation, but managing a solar supply chain that’s being shaken by the seizure of imported Chinese panels.

China

The latest supply chain news, analysis, trends and best practices for companies operating in China. Learn how businesses are optimizing supply chain and logistics performance across China’s 22 provinces, five autonomous regions and four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing) - addressing a range of challenges such as rising labor costs, poor infrastructure, complex customs and trade laws, unstable political climates and government controlled exchange rates.