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Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past market cycles are any guide.

Vessels loaded with shipping containers are docked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

Raul Alfonso, chief commercial officer with Port Tampa Bay, discusses how the pandemic and surge in consumer buying have motivated international shippers to seek alternative gateways, in order to avoid congestion at major port complexes.

The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

Foldable Shipping Containers? New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

Foldable Containers

Moderna Finds That Creating a Covid Vaccine Was the Easy Part

More than 10 months after U.S. regulators first authorized its potent shot, Moderna is finding that inventing a COVID-19 vaccine was actually a relatively straightforward task compared with what would come next: ramping up vial-filling operations on multiple continents and distributing the vaccine to countries around the world in the middle of a devastating pandemic.

A vial of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Bloomberg.

Ships Queues Worsen Port Delays From Singapore to Piraeus

The pileup is the latest logistical knot in global supply chains, with satellite shipping data allowing for real-time monitoring of port issues globally.

An LNG powered container ship operated by CMA CGM SA is docked at the Port of Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

Ten Red Flags to Question When Choosing a Visibility Partner

Not all visibility tools are the same, and choosing the right partner requires research and due diligence.

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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.

Watch: Is American Manufacturing Due for a Resurgence?

Shay Scott, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute, and professor in the University of Tennessee’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management online program, weighs the factors that might influence American manufacturers to reshore production from Asia to the U.S.

Is American Manufacturing Due for a Resurgence?

Global Port Gridlock Threatens Economies Everywhere

Global ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.

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

China's Golden Week Adds to Global Shipping Delays

China’s week-long holiday has exacerbated congestion at two of the country’s busiest ports — Shanghai and Ningbo — where hundreds of cargo ships are waiting to berth.

An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images.

Investors Fret Supply Chain Woes Could Knock Earnings

Reopening demand and marooned containers are prompting downgrades across analysts estimates for the upcoming earnings season.

A financial analyst at work. Photo: Bloomberg.

Boeing to Unveil Air Freighter in Response to E-Commerce Surge

The unveiling of Boeing’s first new jet in four years will intensify a fight with Airbus for supremacy in the flourishing cargo segment of aviation.

A Boeing Co. 777X airplane lands at the Boeing Field in Seattle. Photo: Bloomberg.

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