Logistics > Global Gateways | SupplyChainBrain

Global Gateways: Page 82

Shippers Need Alternatives to West Coast Port Congestion
In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Jason Totah, president of Odyssey International Services, Inc., discusses alternatives to bringing cargo through overtaxed West Coast ports.
Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks
The trade gateways in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are standing out for their calm relative to the congestion bedeviling ports from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia.
0218 Seattle
How the Inland Port Can Better Connect U.S. Supply Chains
As we aim to build more resilient supply chains, we must rethink space, process and workforce development. Each of these factors converge at the inland port.
1024 Trucking
Turmoil in the Transpacific Container Trades: Is There Relief for Shippers?
These are tumultuous times for the ocean container trades between Asia and the U.S. Freight rates are persistently high, port congestion is slowing the movement of goods, and shippers are complaining about cancelled sailings and a shortage of equipment.
Photo: Bloomberg
U.S. Dockworkers May Get Better Vaccine Access, Easing Port Risk
Dockworkers at the busiest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia may soon have better access to coronavirus vaccines, as officials on the West Coast battle congestion blamed on shortages of labor and equipment needed to handle a record influx of cargo.
A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.
Freight-Cost Pain Intensifies as Pandemic Rocks Ocean Shipping
Soaring freight rates and delivery delays have sparked a global backlash by companies frustrated about the destructive mix of deteriorating service and higher ocean shipping costs.
Photo: Bloomberg
Freight Firms Reject 1-in-5 Cargos Shipped From France to U.K.
Freight companies are rejecting one in five contracts to take goods from France to the U.K. as border rules put in place after Brexit added to delays in moving goods across the English Channel.
Photo: Bloomberg
Brexit Border Trouble Grows as Key Customs System Maxes Out
A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.
Photo: Bloomberg
Brexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure Out
British businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.
Photo: Bloomberg
Brexit Deal Hands Business a Mix of Relief, Unwanted Change
The U.K. and European Union may have signed a trade deal, but British businesses still face a raft of difficult changes.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Bloomberg.
Bottlenecks Wear Down World Economy’s Fleet of Container Ships
Container shipping, the backbone of the global trading system, is showing signs of fatigue as the pandemic descends into its darkest days.
1223 Container Ships
U.K. Faces Food Crisis Threat as Virus Surge Blocks Trade
The U.K. is confronting threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus.
0401 Brexit
Previous Page
Page 82 of 132
Next Page

Featured Product

Case Studies
Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska
Case Studies
How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID
Case Studies
Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact
Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)
Case Studies
Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking
Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.
Case Studies
Moving Robots Site-to-Site