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Getting the COVID-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries

As of mid-December, 61.4% of Americans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — a rate that disease experts say is inadequate to eradicate the virus. But it’s far better than the shockingly low numbers of some developing countries, where vaccination rates are still in the single digits.

Staff members load COVID-19 vaccine equipment onto a boat during a vaccine drive on the remote Philippine island of San Salvador. Photo: Bloomberg.

Logistics Giants Are Turning to Remote-Run Forklifts Amid Labor Crunch

As omicron infections keep workers at home and labor shortages disrupt the world’s supply chains, two of the biggest logistics companies in the U.S. are looking to remote-operated equipment as a solution.

A driver operates a forklift remotely. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Why Companies Are Considering Supply Chain Disruption Insurance

Robyn Anderson, attorney in the insurance and recovery practice of Lathrop GPM, and Rick Bridges, vice president and account executive for supply chain and logistics with Lockton Companies, discuss how recent events have awakened companies to the need for business interruption insurance.

Why Companies Are Considering Supply Chain Disruption Insurance

Covid Testing Kits Could Be Harder to Find, Thanks to Supreme Court

If you’ve attempted to purchase an at-home COVID-19 test recently, you may have walked away from the store empty-handed. There’s been a nationwide shortage of at-home tests that hit at nearly the same time as the Omicron variant began to peak in almost every state.

A close up of the Supreme Court of the United States. Photo: Getty Images.

Podcast | The Fashion Apparel Supply Chain Has a Visibility Problem

Is sustainability in fashion in the apparel supply chain?

An online shopper scrolls through an e-commerce app on their smartphone. Photo: cottonbro/ Pexels.

Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes

Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

LA, Long Beach Ports Move Record Cargo Despite Logjams

The Port of Los Angeles moved record cargo volumes last year amid an import surge at the U.S.’s biggest container gateway and supply chain snarls brought on by the pandemic.

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

Watch: The Future of the U.S. and EU’s Trading Relationship

Laura Fraedrich, senior counsel for global trade and national security with Lowenstein Sandler LLP, brings us up to date on the warming of relations between the U.S. and European Union.

The Future of the U.S. and EU’s Trading Relationship

Nightmare Vaccine Logistics Are Prolonging the Global Pandemic

Lack of supply was the biggest threat initially to the vaccination programs of developing nations. Now, it’s logistics.

A worker moves a case into a temperature-controlled vaccine shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.

LA Port Truckers Seek to Unionize in New Gig Work Showdown

Hundreds of truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as their company claims.

Trucks enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Real-Time Geospatial Data Helps Seaports in Crisis

As supply chain challenges continue to disrupt the global transportation network, container shipping companies need to adapt to equipment shortages and delays by transforming their operations.

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

This Wearable Tech Supports Safety of Increasingly Remote Workforce

Nearly two years into the pandemic, the future of the workplace remains unclear.

Universal emergency number '9-1-1' is shown on a smartphone keypad. Photo: Oleg Magni/ Pexels.

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