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Music, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at Sea

With many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Global Port Gridlock Threatens Economies Everywhere

Global ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Port-Crisis Plan Seeks Inland U.S. Terminals, More Truckers

Commitments from shippers and cargo owners to move toward around-the-clock unloading at the docks in Los Angeles are a first step to addressing a national supply chain backlog.

Truck chassis sit stacked at the APM shipping terminal in the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biden Confronts Supply Chain Crisis Stretching Past His Grip

President Biden wants to break a logjam at U.S. ports and stave off a holiday season of shortages and delays — bottlenecks that officials and stakeholders say extend far beyond the reach of the White House.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on supply chain bottlenecks ahead of the Christmas shopping season. Photo: Bloomberg.

China's Golden Week Adds to Global Shipping Delays

China’s week-long holiday has exacerbated congestion at two of the country’s busiest ports — Shanghai and Ningbo — where hundreds of cargo ships are waiting to berth.

An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images.

Supply Chain Crisis May Have Caused California Oil Spill

The gridlock of container ships outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may have been the cause of a major oil spill off the coast of California, according to authorities.

Anchor of a container ship. Photo: Getty Images.

Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain ‘Disaster’ Only Gets Worse

It’s the beginning of October, just the start of what the retail world simply calls “peak.” But the industry is already in various forms of panic that usually don’t take hold until the weeks before Christmas.

Labor shortages have stalled trucking across the U.S. Photo: Bloomberg.

California Port’s 24-Hour Operation Is Going Unused

Extended hours at the Port of Long Beach have gone unused by truckers for more than two weeks as dozens of container ships idle offshore.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Port Logjams Reach East Coast as Container Ships Idle off Savannah

The port bottlenecks that have snarled U.S. supply chains have spread to the East Coast.

A container ship approaches Georgia’s Port of Savannah. Photo: Getty Images.

Watch: No Relief This Year for the Global Supply Crisis

Patrick Penfield, a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of executive education at the Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, offers a view into supply chain congestion, delays and pricing for the remainder of this year.

The Supply Chain Crisis: No Relief in the Fourth Quarter

How Timing and Luck Kept Product Flowing for Ricoma in the Pandemic

In the midst of the worst global supply chain crisis in recent memory, some businesses are finding creative ways to get around severe congestion at seaports and inland freight terminals.

Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles.

Thailand to Start Shipping Line to Boost Status as Logistics Hub

Trade-reliant Thailand plans to launch a national shipping company next year to bolster its trade capabilities, reduce transport costs and become a bigger player in global logistics as the Malacca bypass opens.

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