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Disruption to Shipping in the Gulf Brings Record Cancellations

New import bookings have collapsed while cancellations spike, reports Dun & Bradstreet.

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Reinsurers Triple Ship Insurance Costs After U.S. Torpedo Attack

If hostilities persist for another 10 days, buyback options may no longer be available.

Tug boats prepare to pull out an LNG Tanker vessel at the Cheniere Sabine Pass Liquefaction facility in Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Cheniere Energy, Inc. is the largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States and the second-largest LNG operator in the world. Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg

Trump Sued by States Over New Tariffs After Supreme Court Loss

The states allege that Trump’s order announcing the Section 122 tariffs was “riddled with omissions and mischaracterizations."

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Iceland Wins Trademark Battle with U.K. Grocery Chain

The EU court said that allowing the supermarket to have exclusive rights to the "Iceland" name could mislead customers into thinking items were from the country rather than the grocer.

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Watch: The Secrets of Supply Chain Resilience and Flexibility

If nearshoring and regional strategies are to work properly, companies need to have resilient and flexible supply chains, says Matt Schroeder, president of WSI/Kase.

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Podcast | More Than Labor: Today, Global Sourcing Is All About Total Cost

In decades past, manufacturers fled the U.S. for Asia in search of lower production expense. But sourcing decisions today are a lot more complicated than that.

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AI + Human Intelligence = New Skillsets for SCM Leaders

The future of supply chain leadership lies in the intentional redesign of systems that combine human judgment with AI‑enabled decision support.

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USCIT Orders Trump Admin to Pay IEEPA Tariff Refunds

The ruling provides long-awaited clarity for businesses, given that the Supreme Court did not address the issue of refunds when it overturned the levies.

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Starbucks to Move Supply Chain Operations Roles to Tennessee

The roles moving to Nashville will include direct and indirect sourcing teams, with the company expecting to move additional jobs to Tennessee down the line.

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China Prioritizes Rare Earths, Robotics in Manufacturing Agenda

Critical minerals have become a key point of leverage for China as it flexed its muscles in tariff negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Sea Levels Underestimated by Average 12”, Say Researchers

The alarming conclusion is that scientists and government planners have relied on mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are.

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War Risk Insurance and the Current Crisis in the Persian Gulf

For the container industry, war-risk surcharges are no longer exceptional line items that appear and disappear with individual conflicts.

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