BloombergMore from BloombergAutomotiveU.S. Manufacturing Surges Most Since 1983U.S. manufacturing expanded in March at the fastest pace since 1983, catapulted by the firmest orders and production readings in 17 years. The data add to evidence of an economy poised to accelerate.April 5, 2021All LogisticsBiden's $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Bring Everybody Along’The “American Jobs Plan,” as the president dubbed it, lays out an eight-year program that includes $620 billion for transportation and $580 billion for American manufacturing.March 31, 2021Air CargoEnd of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global TradeThe Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles’ heel.March 31, 2021Global Supply Chain ManagementChina May Boost Cotton Imports to Cut Xinjiang Fiber in ExportsChina could import more cotton to replace fiber from Xinjiang that’s being rejected by some Western companies and threatens to hurt its booming textile export industry.March 31, 2021All LogisticsThe Suez Crisis Is Over. Now Time to Add Up the Damages.The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half a century is just beginning.March 30, 2021All LogisticsShips Get Moving Through Suez as Giant Ever Given Is FreedShips started moving again through the Suez Canal on Monday after the giant container ship that lay stranded across the critical waterway for a week was finally tugged free.March 29, 2021All LogisticsSuez Mess Adds to Global Economic, Supply-Chain StressThe backlog is one more strain for global supply chains already stretched by the pandemic.March 29, 2021Last Mile DeliveryGM and Ford Will Fight Startups in the Commercial Van MarketThe cargo van isn’t sexy, but thanks to Amazon and e-commerce, startups and established carmakers are falling over themselves to make these proletarian haulers.March 28, 2021All LogisticsBlocked Suez Forces Ships to Look at Long Trip Around AfricaA massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal showed no signs of budging for a third day, forcing container carriers and other vessels to weigh costly and time-consuming voyages around Africa that threaten to destabilize the already fragile underpinnings of global trade.March 25, 2021Last Mile DeliveryAmazon Union Vote Fuels Fiery RhetoricThe hard-fought mail-in election that began seven weeks ago ends Monday, and both sides have a lot to lose.March 25, 2021Previous PagePage 228 of 357Next Page
