SupplyChainBrainMore from SupplyChainBrainOcean TransportationEurope’s Natural-Gas Crunch Sparks Global Battle for TankersEurope’s energy crisis is unleashing a global battle over liquefied natural-gas (LNG) tankers, with rates to charter the specialized ships jumping to record highs.August 23, 2022Aerospace & DefenseDefense Strategies Institute presents the 2nd Annual Critical Infrastructure Security SummitDefense Strategies Institute is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Critical Infrastructure Security Summit, taking place this September 28-29, 2022 in Washington, D.C. This year’s summit will focus on defending and creating resilient systems to protect our nation’s vital infrastructure from outside threats and other dangers, highlighting this year’s theme “Ensuring the Resiliency of US Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks, Threats, and Intrusions.” At this year’s event, attendees will hear from senior leaders from across Government and Industry detailing the threats currently facing critical infrastructure sectors as well as the solutions needed to overcome them.August 23, 2022Global GatewaysWest Coast Port Labor Talks Stalled Over Union ConflictLabor negotiations between dockworkers and employers are at a standstill because of a fight between two unions over who maintains equipment at a terminal at the Port of Seattle.August 22, 2022Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityU.S. Pharmacies Ordered to Pay $650.6M for Role in Opioids CrisisThe U.S. pharmacy chains CVS, Walmart and Walgreens must pay a combined $650.6 million to two Ohio counties, after a jury last November concluded that the firms helped create a public nuisance in Lake and Trumbull counties by oversupplying addictive pain pillsAugust 19, 2022Global Trade & EconomicsDrought Devastates U.S. Cotton HarvestHarsh weather patterns soon may be reaching into apparel supply chains. Southwestern cotton growers are abandoning millions of parched acres that they planted in the spring, reports The Wall Street Journal, sending prices sharply higher on forecasts for the weakest U.S. harvest in more than a decade.August 18, 2022Global GatewaysSan Pedro Bay Ports Seek Comment on Second Drayage Truck AssessmentThe San Pedro Bay ports of Los Ane.geles and Long Beach have invited the public to comment on a draft 2021 feasibility assessment of cleaner drayage truck technologies needed to help the ports reduce air pollution and reach the ambitious zero-emissions goals adopted in the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) UpdatAugust 17, 2022Global Supply Chain ManagementCHIPS and Science Act Will Strengthen Supply Chains and Counter China, Biden ClaimsPresident Biden signed into law Aug. 9 the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, as part of an industrial strategy to revitalize domestic manufacturing, create good-paying American jobs, strengthen American supply chains, and accelerate the industries of the future.August 17, 2022Ocean TransportationChina Restarts Military Drills in Response to Latest U.S. Lawmakers’ Visit to TaiwanChina is resuming its military drills in the region following the surprise arrival of a new delegation of U.S. lawmakers, apparently aimed at demonstrating Beijing’s ability to mount a blockade of Taiwan.August 16, 2022Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityU.K. Grocer Removes Best-Before Dates to Tackle Food WasteU.K. retailer Marks & Spencer is removing best-before dates from a range of fresh produce to help reduce in-store and household food waste.August 16, 2022Freight Forwarding/Customs BrokerageLogistics Giant DSV Targets U.S. in Renewed Acquisition DriveDSV CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen tells the WSJ that he’s looking to expand his reach in the U.S. as he revives a strategy that has helped build the Danish operator into the world’s third-largest freight forwarder.August 16, 2022Previous PagePage 332 of 588Next Page
