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Container Fleet Headed for Over-Capacity When Red Sea Situation Resolves

BIMCO says record deliveries could push container fleet above 30 million TEU in 2024, with another 3 million TEU scheduled to be delivered 2025-2026.

Suez Canal. Photo: iStock.com/Peter Schaefer

German Railways Dealing with Cancellations Due to Train Drivers Strike

The strike that was organized by the GDL train drivers’ union from Janaury 10 to January 12 has forced German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to run only stripped-back emergency timetables.

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Big Batteries May Save U.K. Power System Up to £24B by 2050

The British government is promoting big batteries as a means to store cheap renewable electricity at times when the grid is oversupplied.

Photo: Bloomberg

GE Business to Build Turbines for Massive Wind Project

GE Vernova will utilize its Pensacola, Florida factory to fulfill the large order, while tower manufacturing operations will come from facilities in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.

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Toyota Motor Restarts Japanese Operations After Earthquake

Company president Koji Sato said Toyota is attempting to determine how its supply chain would be affected after suppliers Sumitomo Electric and Aisin suffered damage during the quake.

Prague, Cazech Republic. Photo: iStock.com/josefkubes

Loose Parts Discovered on Boeing MAX 737 9 Jets

The bolts designed to keep the plug from moving off the spots were missing, said NTSB investigators, who are trying to determine if the equipment was ever installed.

Los Angeles, California. Photo: iStock.com/Boarding1Now

Germany Sticks to Subsidy Cuts as Farmer Protests Block Roads

Scholz defended the farmers’ right to protest, but warned about efforts by far-right groups to hijack demonstrations and destabilize the country.

Farmers park tractors at the Brandenburg Gate to protest planned cuts to state subsidies in Berlin, on Jan. 8. Photo: Bloomberg

India Facing Surprising Shortage of Factory Workers

Instead of seeing workers move onto factory floors, India appears instead to be de-industrializing.

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‘Windshipped’ Offers a Vision of an Alternative to Commercial Trucking in Hudson Valley

John Bowermaster’s movie makes a compelling argument for figuring out how to send non-perishable goods by wind and water.

Schooner Apollonia sails across New York Harbor. Photo: Center for Post Carbon Logistics

2024 Predictions: A New Era of Strategic Supply Chain Design

The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.

Image: iStock.com/Chonlatee Sangsawang

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd Deny Reported Safe Passage Deal With Houthis

ShippingWatch said the pact would involve shipping companies agreeing to not go to Israel in return for being allowed through safely.

The Red Sea with the Jordanian mountains, viewed from Eilat, Israel. Photo: iStock.com/Barbara Gabay

Boeing Under Scrutiny Over Max 9 Blowout

Investigators said their findings so far did not suggest a widespread flaw with the Boeing Max 9 aircraft.

A Boeing 737 MAX on a steep angled landing descent to Farnborough Airport, U.K. Photo: iStock.com/the_guitar_mann

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