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Shortage of New Shipping Containers Adds to Global Trade Turmoil

The world’s biggest makers of shipping containers are scrambling to meet a surge in demand for the metal boxes that shuttle some 90% of the goods around the global economy.

Photo: Bloomberg

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A look at the innovative application of quantum computing to the problem of optimizing ship and vehicle routes, with Amy Herhold, Director of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Corporate Strategic Research with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, and Jamie Thomas, General Manager of IBM Systems Strategy & Development.

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Major Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage

Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container shortage that jeopardizes their overseas trading.

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

Containers Are Falling Into the Sea. What’s Going On?

What’s causing the recent rash of container losses on cargo vessels?

One Apus container ship docks after loss of containers. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.K. Names Eight Freeports in Bid to Boost Post-Brexit Trade

U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a roster of eight English freeports, low-tariff business zones being created to stimulate trade and investment in the wake of Brexit and the coronavirus crisis.

Photo: Bloomberg

Booming U.S. Imports Show Uneven Global Recovery Pace

A surge of imports into the U.S. economy shows little sign of slowing down, clogging American ports and highlighting ways the pandemic is still causing imbalances in the global recovery.

A crane carries shipping containers owned by AP Moller-Maersk A/S away from a ship. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Retailers See Millions in Sales Delays Amid Shipping Logjam

Overwhelmed U.S. ports, elevated freight costs and accidents that sent goods plunging to the bottom of the ocean are causing headaches for U.S. retailers already reeling from the pandemic.

Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Ocean Cargo Snarls Force Global Commerce to Look Outside the Box

An ongoing surge in the cost of shipping goods around the world is prompting manufacturers and their customers to scramble for cheaper solutions.

Source: Bloomberg

Shippers Need Alternatives to West Coast Port Congestion

In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Jason Totah, president of Odyssey International Services, Inc., discusses alternatives to bringing cargo through overtaxed West Coast ports.

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

Ship Giant Maersk Bids Farewell to New, Fossil-Fuel Only Ships

A century after the global shipping fleet ran largely on coal, the world’s largest shipping line is taking a historic step toward not using fossil fuels for propulsion.

Photo: Bloomberg

Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks

The trade gateways in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are standing out for their calm relative to the congestion bedeviling ports from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia.

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Ocean-Cargo Boom Fuels $10 Billion Spree for New Container Ships

Some of the world’s largest container-shipping lines are ordering new vessels amid surging demand for ocean-cargo services, giving a long-awaited boost to the outlook for shipyards in Asia.

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