The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge raises urgent questions about the vulnerability of infrastructure that keeps ships flowing through vital U.S. ports.

Baltimore for years has been the top U.S. vehicle-handling port, with more than 847,000 cars and light trucks processed through there last year.

According to Vessel Finder, the Dali hit a stone wall at the port of Antwerp in Belgium on its way to Bremerhaven in 2016. 

Although cargo volumes were up 6% at the Port of Vancouver in 2023, container volumes were down 12% due to a variety of factors.

To start 2024, the Port of Los Angeles has already moved an estimated 1.6 million TEUs, marking a 35% bump over that same period last year.

These two giants of the world economy may well be on very different economic paths. In short, the U.S. has secure access to cheap energy and Europe does not.

An ongoing tech war between the U.S. and China is unfolding. It continues to drive the diversification of tech supply chains away from China.

Prescriptions for Mounjaro have grown rapidly since it was approved in the U.S. in May, and a shortage in a competing drug may drive more patients to Lilly’s medicine.

Regulators have said Freeport needs to take a series of corrective actions that must be approved before a restart can happen.

Retailers have invested heavily in predictive analytics to drive accurate purchasing. Yet they still have significant overstock problems.