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Top Sea Polluters Beg for Climate Rules That No Rival Can Avoid
The ocean shipping industry, among the world’s biggest polluters, is asking a key regulator to overhaul its emissions directives so that all carriers are working off the same rulebook as they make the expensive changes needed to cut output of harmful carbons.
Photo: Getty
U.S. Takes First Step Towards Four-Year China Tariffs Review
The Biden administration is taking the first step toward a review of tariffs on more than $300 billion in Chinese imports that’s required to keep them from starting to automatically expire in July.
A China and U.S. flag wave side by side in the wind. Photo: Getty.
Supply Chains Flare Up Again, Endangering Global Recovery
Global supply chains are knotting up from China to Denmark, sparking re-examinations of things as macro as globalization itself and micro as trucking efficiency around American ports.
An aerial view at the Port of Hong Kong. Photo: Leung Cho Pan/ Canva.
Major Shipping Firm Sees Signs of Supply Chain Bottlenecks Easing
Port bottlenecks that have increased supply chain congestion because of the war in Ukraine and lockdowns in China may be showing signs of easing, according to one of the world’s biggest shipping companies.
'K' Line and Yang Ming shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, North Carolina. Photo: Bloomberg.
Global Supply Chain Crisis Flares Up Where It All Began
China’s stringent rules to curb COVID-19 are about to unleash another wave of summer chaos on supply chains between Asia, the U.S. and Europe.
An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty.
NYC-Bound Ships Get Plea to Sail North — Way North, to Montreal
The head of Canada’s second-biggest port has a supply chain sales pitch few of his peers in the global shipping industry can match: zero wait time at sea for container traffic.
A container ship sits docked at the Port of Montreal. Photo: Montreal Port Authority.
Ukraine’s Farmers Fight to Stave Off Global Food Crisis
It’s hard to overstate the importance of farming in Ukraine, as countries reliant on its crops scramble to find alternative supplies.
Sunflowers in a field at dusk. Photo: Getty.
U.S. Businesses See Record Price Growth, Backlogs in April
A measure of prices received by U.S. manufacturers and service providers increased to a record in April as firms shifted the burden of higher wages and surging costs to customers.
A warehouse worker operates a forklift. Photo: Shutterstock.
Texas Governor’s Border Slowdown Cost $4 Billion, Research Shows
Texas’s economy took a more than $4 billion hit in April after Governor Greg Abbott’s order to ramp up on security at the border resulted in shipping delays and bridge blockades, according to a new analysis.
Trucks travel across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. Photo: Bloomberg.
Ukraine War Gives U.S. LNG Chance to Shed Its Stigma
The experts and employees of Cheniere Energy Inc., the largest U.S. exporter of natural gas, are part of a high-stakes campaign to show Europe that as it abandons Russian gas, it can substitute the American variety without fear. Their job is to find the most efficient leak detecting system.
The Cheniere Sabine Pass Liquefaction facility in Cameron, Louisiana. Cheniere Energy Inc. is the largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the U.S. and the second-largest LNG operator in the world. Photo: Bloomberg.
Produce Worth Millions Gets Stuck in Blockade by Mexico Truckers
Grocery stores in some parts of the U.S. are expected to run out of certain perishable goods Easter weekend because of a Mexican truckers’ blockade that has stranded millions of dollars worth of fresh produce.
A close up view of avocados. Photo: Canva.
Here’s How China’s Lockdowns Are Rippling Through Economy
China’s lockdowns to contain the country’s worst Covid outbreak since early 2020 have battered the economy, stalling production in major cities like Shanghai and adding pressure to global inflation.
An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images.
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