Logistics > Global Gateways | SupplyChainBrain

Global Gateways: Page 76

Top Coffee, Sugar, Soy Ports Hunt Climate Clues to Stem Risks

As Brazil contends with its worst drought in almost 100 years, its ports and their regulator are intensifying efforts to quantify the risks of climate change for the nation’s sea hubs.

0215 Coffee

U.S.-China Trade Booms as If Virus, Tariffs Never Happened

China and the U.S. are shipping goods to each other at the briskest pace in years, making the world’s largest bilateral trade relationship look as if the protracted tariff war and pandemic never happened.

Photo: Bloomberg

Port Chief Sees U.S. Import Surge ‘Easily’ Lasting Into 2022

Congestion from an influx of goods continues to overwhelm port terminals, exhaust warehouse space and strain transportation connections like trucks and rail depots.

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

Container Rates to U.S. Top $10,000 as Shipping Crunch Tightens

Container shipping rates from Asia to the U.S. and Europe increased to new record levels over the past week, ensuring transportation costs will stay elevated for companies heading into a peak season for rebuilding inventories.

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

Slow Vaccines for Seafarers Could Worsen Global Shipping Chaos

Global vaccinations of seafarers are going too slowly to prevent outbreaks on ships from causing more trade disruptions, endangering maritime workers and potentially slowing economies trying to pull out of pandemic slowdowns.

Crew transfer at Tanjong Pagar Terminal in Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

Suez Ship’s Owner Braces for ‘Thousands’ of Legal Claims

The owner of the Ever Given — the cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week, hampering global trade and roiling markets — expects to be hit with “many hundreds or thousands” of legal claims.

The Ever Given container ship departs the Suez Canal in Egypt on July 7. Photo: Bloomberg.

Egypt Waves Goodbye to Suez Canal Saga With Payoff and a Party

For a nation that provides safe passage for so many ships through its waters, Egypt is reserving rather special treatment for the Ever Given.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Ship Jam Lingers as Port Woes Stretch From China to Germany

Ship congestion outside the busiest U.S. gateway for trade held steady over the past week, as ports from China to Germany battle with COVID-19 outbreaks and other constraints on their capacity to keep containers moving across the global economy.

0610 Shipping Snarls

China’s Worse-Than-Suez Ship Delays Set to Widen Trade Chaos

The global shipping industry, already exhausted by pandemic shocks that are adding to inflation pressures and delivery delays, faces the biggest test of its stamina yet.

Container ships are moored near the Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: What’s Happening at the Top U.S. Ports?

Mark Segner, vice president of global sales with Descartes Datamyne, delves into the findings of the firm’s latest report on the top 30 ports in the U.S.

What’s Happening at the Top U.S. Ports?

Top U.S. Maritime Regulator Sees Shipping Snarls Lasting to 2022

The top U.S. maritime regulator said stretched global supply chains pushing ocean-freight rates to record highs may stay strained into 2022, raising concerns about whether small American companies can weather another year of a tangled transport system and much higher costs.

0610 Shipping Snarls

Could Houston and Savannah Help Alleviate West Coast Ports? Yes and No

Are these two ports the balm for what ails the largest trade lane in the U.S.?

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

Page 76 of 129

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site