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How Predictive Analytics Could Solve the Global Container Crunch

Shippers around the world are scrambling to keep up with surging freight costs, and the logistics organizations that support them are being challenged in unforeseen ways.

A cargo ship is docked off the coast of North Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Tom Fisk/ Pexels.

U.S. Retail Lobby Sends S.O.S. to Congress on Supply Chain Chaos

The U.S.’s biggest retail lobby asked Congress to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as well as update shipping and trucking laws to ease a supply chain crisis that’s raising prices and causing shortages.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

L.A. Ports Announce New Fees Aimed at Clearing Cargo

Under the new policy, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of two categories.

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon Touts Drivers, Warehouses as Salve to Supply Chain Woes

Amazon.com is talking up the size of its delivery operation to ease public alarm that a supply chain crisis could strangle holiday shopping.

An Amazon Air cargo jet sits on a tarmac. Photo: Bloomberg.

Long Beach Eases Container Rules to Tackle ‘National Emergency’

Officials in Long Beach, California, relaxed restrictions on storing shipping containers in a bid to ease a bottleneck that’s left nearly 80 vessels waiting offshore to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for ocean freight.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biden Races Clock But Holds Few Tools in Supply Chain Crisis

While Republicans point to the supply chain as further evidence the president is mismanaging the economy, the issues are deep-rooted.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Long Beach Port Chief: ‘Shop Early’ as Snarls to Last All Year

Americans should buy their holiday gifts early this year, as the container glut plaguing ports and the supply chain will persist through at least year-end, the head of California’s Port of Long Beach said.

Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Online Holiday Sales Seen Growing at Slower Pace This Year

This holiday season, e-commerce growth is expected to be the lowest in at least six years as comparisons get tougher amid widespread adoption of online shopping and consumers’ eagerness to return to stores.

An online shopper retrieves their package from the doorstep. Photo: Getty Images.

Alphabet to Test Drone Delivery for Walgreens in Texas

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation is expanding to a Walgreens in suburban Dallas where it will make airborne deliveries of toothpaste and other goods to residents of nearby towns.

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation, Wing LLC, delivers a package at a home during a demonstration in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo: Bloomberg.

California Governor Eyes Expansion, Automation to Ease Port Congestion

An executive order signed Wednesday asks state agencies to identify “priority freight routes,” and find sites that can be used for short-term storage of container cargo.

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

‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply Chain Crunch

There’s plenty of food. There just isn’t enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.

A Walmart Inc. shopper walks by empty shelves. Photo: Bloomberg.

Music, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at Sea

With many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

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