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Freight-Cost Pain Intensifies as Pandemic Rocks Ocean Shipping

Soaring freight rates and delivery delays have sparked a global backlash by companies frustrated about the destructive mix of deteriorating service and higher ocean shipping costs.

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Freight Firms Reject 1-in-5 Cargos Shipped From France to U.K.

Freight companies are rejecting one in five contracts to take goods from France to the U.K. as border rules put in place after Brexit added to delays in moving goods across the English Channel.

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Brexit Border Trouble Grows as Key Customs System Maxes Out

A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.

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Brexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure Out

British businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.

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Brexit Deal Hands Business a Mix of Relief, Unwanted Change

The U.K. and European Union may have signed a trade deal, but British businesses still face a raft of difficult changes.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Bloomberg.

Bottlenecks Wear Down World Economy’s Fleet of Container Ships

Container shipping, the backbone of the global trading system, is showing signs of fatigue as the pandemic descends into its darkest days.

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U.K. Faces Food Crisis Threat as Virus Surge Blocks Trade

The U.K. is confronting threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus.

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What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Giant Cargo Ships

COVID-19 has wrought havoc everywhere, but in the nominally regulated shipping industry it’s fueling a worrying practice: the abandonment of ships, cargo and seafarers with no way to get home.

An Aug. 4 explosion tore through the Port of Beirut. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.K. Businesses Plead for Time to Avoid Brexit Cliff Edge

As trade talks have come down to the wire, companies have to try to adapt for life beyond Dec. 31 without knowing the fundamental rules of engagement.

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Brexit Stockpiling Frenzy Fuels Chaos in Cross-Channel Trade

The split from the European Union is fueling an increasingly frenzied demand for goods, creating traffic snarl-ups at ports and highways on both sides of the English Channel and leading to at least one major factory shutdown.

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Peas and Lentils Are the Latest to Be Hit by Container Squeeze

A shortage of containers at Vancouver’s port is slowing Canada’s exports of lentils and peas, the latest ripple in a phenomenon that has roiled trade.

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Boatloads of Cargo Off Los Angeles Grind Gears of World Economy

The perfect storm is swamping the busiest gateway to the U.S. economy heading into the holiday season.

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