Ukraine’s first shipments of grain since being invaded by Russia are a harbinger of relief for squeezed global markets, but many challenges remain before the millions of tons of food stuck in the country can be released.

The Biden administration’s push to form an international buyers’ cartel to cap the price of Russian oil is facing resistance from maritime insurers that it cannot be reliably enforced.

Water levels on the Rhine River are set to fall perilously close to the point at which it would effectively close, putting the trade of huge quantities of goods at risk as the continent seeks to stave off an economic crisis.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has supercharged the price of so-called clean ocean-going tankers, with soaring freight rates prompting companies to rush to purchase rather than rent vessels.

European Union member states have agreed to ration gas this winter in an attempt to avoid an energy crisis generated by further Russian cuts to supply.

The water levels in a crucial waterway in Europe’s economic heartland are running dangerously low in the region's searing heat, posing another risk to global supply chains.

The pandemic has put unprecedented strain on global supply chains— and also on the workers who’ve kept those systems running under tough conditions. It looks like many of them have had enough.

Russia attacked Odesa’s sea port with cruise missiles hours after signing a deal to unblock Ukrainian grain exports from three Black Sea ports, including Odesa, that was hailed as a vital step toward alleviating a global food crisis.

With temperatures soaring in the U.K. and U.S., civil engineers and transit authorities say the heat is threatening rail networks across both countries.