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Russia Backs Out of Wartime Grain Deal with Ukraine

A spokesperson said Russia would be suspending the Black Sea Grain Initiative until the country’s demands to export its goods to the rest of the world are met.

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America’s Most Crucial Waterway Is Drying Out

When water levels fall, it threatens to choke shipping on the waterways and raise transportation costs.

Low water levels on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., in late 2022. Photographer: Houston Cofield/Bloomberg

Shippers, Union Reach Deal to End Strike That Snarled Canadian Ports

The strike at ports that handle about a quarter of Canada’s total traded goods reduced arrivals of container ships and diverted vessels to U.S. facilities.

Ships at the Port of Vancouver during a dockworkers strike on July 5. Photographer: Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg

Supply Chain and Labor Disruptions Increased Through the First Half of 2023

Labor disruptions during the first half of 2023 — which included strikes, layoffs and labor protests — grew by 136% year-on-year.

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Deep Sea Mining Threatens $5.5bn Tuna Industry, Study Finds

The biomass of bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna species will increase by an average of 21% by mid-century in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a region targeted for deep-sea mining.

Photo: Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

Trade Associations Worried About the Canadian Ports Strike

For every day that the strike goes on, supply chains will need an additional three to five days to recover, the Railway Association of Canada estimates.

Port of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: iStock.com/limpers

Attackers Torch Trucks on Another Key South African Trade Route

The attackers reportedly torched five vehicles July 10 on the N4 highway that links the commercial hub of Gauteng to the Port of Maputo in neighboring Mozambique.

South Africa. Photo: Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/Bloomberg

Many Human Rights Violations Reportedly Found in Critical Mineral Supply Chains

Between January 2021 and December 2022, 102 allegations of abuse were linked to Chinese companies’ overseas investments in the transition minerals sector

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Dockworkers Strike Hits Canada’s Pacific Ports

Vancouver, Canada’s busiest container port, and Prince Rupert together handle about $270 billion in trade annually.

Vancouver, Canada. Photo: iStock.com/bloodua

JetBlue Joins United in Shifting Blame to FAA for Delays

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back at the airlines, particularly United, saying the carrier has suffered out-sized impacts while others have recovered.

Photo: Bloomberg

European Gasoline Shipments to U.S. Ease Just as Stockpiles Shrink

European gasoline and blending component cargoes to the U.S. are poised to drop to a three-month low in June, with volumes likely to be about 350,000 barrels a day.

Munich, Germany. March 2023. Photo: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images

U.K. Considers Nationalization of Thames Water as Crisis Escalates

Thames’ bonds tumbled on June 28, just one day after CEO Sarah Bentley suddenly stepped down from her position amid concerns over the firm's financial stability.

A Thames Water employee works at the site of a leak in London. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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