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Watch: Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

Ben Ruddell, director and professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers a perspective on whether we can expect another wave of shortages of essential products on store shelves this year.

Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

Five Ways to Retain Truckers Amid Sweeping Driver Shortage

Truckers are leaving their jobs in droves, citing exhaustion, safety concerns and more. With these factors in mind, it’s essential for employers to understand what’s important to drivers today, and how to maintain positive, long-term relationships.

A heavy goods vehicle drives down a highway at dusk. Photo: Getty.

Truckers Say This Is the Worst Time for Biden’s Plan to Cut Emissions

President Biden is close to proposing new limits on nitrogen oxide emissions from trucks that environmentalists say are long overdue. But the industry says the timing couldn’t be worse as it fights a driver shortage and supply chain woes.

Exhaust pipes on a truck. Photo: Getty.

Watch: Why Supply Chains Are Weighed Down by Heavy Inventory

As e-commerce and direct-to-consumer deliveries have skyrocketed during the pandemic, so have orders for large and bulky items, says Brenda Stoner, founder of Pickup. And so have the accompanying supply chain challenges.

Why Supply Chains Are Weighed Down by Heavy Inventory

Will West Coast Longshore Labor Talks Stall Again?

U.S. importers and exporters are bracing themselves for the possibility of a strike — or, at the very least, a damaging worker slowdown — by dockworkers at West Coast ports, as management and labor seek accord on a new longshore contract.

Dockworkers move cargo on a container terminal. Photo: Port of Los Angeles.

Omicron Ripping Through Cargo Ships May Exacerbate Shipping Woes

Omicron is ripping through cargo ships, raising concerns that a surge in cases, coupled with China’s tightened quarantine requirements for vessels, could delay supply chain stabilization for the shipping industry.

Crew transfer at Tanjong Pagar Terminal in Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

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How Amazon Returns Impact Sellers

Retail returns are unavoidable, and companies know they should anticipate a certain percentage each year. For e-tailers — many of which are facing soaring shipping costs and chronic freight bottlenecks — there’s an additional layer of complexity to reverse logistics.

Podcast | The Real-World Impact of the Infrastructure Bill

The $1.2 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden late last year has been heralded by some as the solution to the problem of how to repair and expand the nation’s crumbling and antiquated system of roads, rails, ports, airports and waterways. One can only hope.

Vehicles pass over a bridge at dusk. Photo: Henrik Jonsson/ Canva.

Shipping Rates Resume Rise as Snarls Extend Into Seasonal Lull

Container shipping rates are creeping higher after staying mostly stable this year, a signal that supply strains remain a drag on a global economy now bracing for an energy shock and geopolitical turmoil tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A container ship is berthed at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California. Photo: Port of Oakland.

Narrow Window to Clear Clogged U.S. Port Hinges on Demand Waning

The bottlenecked ports in Los Angeles face a narrow window between now and midyear to clear container backlogs before another import surge and union-contract talks threaten to stall progress moving record volumes of cargo through the busiest U.S. gateway for trade.

Shipping containers in the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Greener Reverse Logistics Has a Missing Piece: Human Talent

With the rise in e-commerce, it has become no longer possible to park concerns about reverse logistics.

A customer repackages an item for return. Photo: Getty Images.

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