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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.
Cowen and AFS Launch Index to Track Pricing Within Air Freight and Surface Transportation Sector
Cowen Inc., a financial services firm, and AFS Logistics LLC, a supply chain consulting 3PL, announced the launch of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which will serve to provide Cowen’s institutional clients with predictive pricing tools for multiple sectors within the freight industry, on a quarterly basis.
'Lots of Money' to Be Made in Shipping’s Future Fuels
The race to wean shipping off oil and switch to cleaner fuels should prove lucrative for investors and is drawing interest from fund managers, according to Boston Consulting Group.
An LNG-powered container ship operated by CMA CGM SA is docked at the Port of Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.
Investors Fret Supply Chain Woes Could Knock Earnings
Reopening demand and marooned containers are prompting downgrades across analysts estimates for the upcoming earnings season.
A financial analyst at work. Photo: Bloomberg.
Unlocking Opportunity in the Post-Purchase Ecosystem
Understanding customer expectations, improving their experience and implementing the right reverse logistics systems will increase shopper loyalty and prevent profit-margin erosion.
A customer repackages an item for return. Photo: Getty Images.
Boeing to Unveil Air Freighter in Response to E-Commerce Surge
The unveiling of Boeing’s first new jet in four years will intensify a fight with Airbus for supremacy in the flourishing cargo segment of aviation.
A Boeing Co. 777X airplane lands at the Boeing Field in Seattle. Photo: Bloomberg.
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.
What Crisis? Johnson’s Team Says Supply Crunch Is Good for Wages
Faced with a supply-chain squeeze that’s increased prices across the economy, the U.K. government is seeking to recast the crisis as a good news story for British workers.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Bloomberg.
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.
Watch: The Infrastructure Bill: A ‘Game Changer’ for Electric Vehicles?
Paul DeCotis, senior partner in the energy and utilities practice of West Monroe, says the money set aside by the infrastructure bill for electric vehicle development will have a huge impact on the future of that technology.
The Infrastructure Bill: A ‘Game Changer’ for Electric Vehicles?
Can a VMT Tax Solve the Infrastructure Funding Dilemma?
When to comes to figuring out how to pay for repairing, building and maintaining the nation’s transportation infrastructure, “taxes” has become something of a dirty word.
Vehicles pass over a bridge at dusk. Photo: Henrik Jonsson/ Canva.
Johnson Says Brexit Britain Must Adapt Amid Fuel, Food Shortages
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he won’t fall back on immigration to solve the U.K.’s truck driver shortage, as he presented supply chain troubles that have left supermarket shelves bare and gas stations dry as a “period of adjustment” in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.
A gas pump reads 'out of use' amid fuel shortages in the U.K. Photo: Bloomberg.
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