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Burning Cargo Ship Drifts in Atlantic With Porsches, Audis Aboard

The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire and was left unmanned.

The 650-foot-long Felicity Ace car carrier caught fire and was abandoned off the coast of the Azores. Photo: Marinha Portuguesa.

Protesters to End Border Blockades as Trudeau’s Threats Hit Home

Vaccine-mandate protesters at two border crossings in Western Canada plan to leave after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government invoked emergency powers that could freeze their bank accounts and suspend their insurance.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo: Bloomberg.

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Canada Bridge Reopens After Five-Day Protest

The Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the U.S. has reopened, clearing the largest trade artery between the two countries after a five-day protest shut it down.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy

Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country — shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

Five Reasons Shipping Software Needs to Embrace Multi-Carrier Parcel Management

Shipping operations have become enormously more complex and difficult to manage. To meet these challenges, businesses need to go beyond traditional fixes and into the realm of comprehensive carrier management systems.

Packages move down a conveyor in a distribution facility. Photo: Getty.

L.A. Port Sees Chance to Ease Ship Backlog by Summer Peak

U.S. supply chains have a chance to normalize after retailers replenish inventories next quarter, even if peak summer demand arrives sooner than usual, according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.

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

Canadian Bridge Blockade Stretches Fragile Auto Supply Chain

Protestors blocking traffic between the U.S. and Canada to oppose vaccine rules have further stretched an auto supply chain already worn thin by pandemic-related labor shortages and a scarcity of chips.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Net-Zero Plans of the Biggest Global Companies Don't Add Up

What do Unilever, Google and Amazon have in common? Their net-zero promises do not add up to net zero, a new report says.

A dead giant sequoia tree after a wildfire in Sequoia National Forest, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Truckers Plan Anti-Vaccine Convoy to Washington

A group of American truckers are seeking to import a Canadian movement to protest against vaccine mandates, with thousands of members on social media pledging to bring the demonstration to Washington, D.C.

A freight truck drives at sunrise. Photo: Getty Images.

Americans Face Record Metals Prices as Shipping Costs Surge

Surging prices of the raw materials needed for your refrigerators, automobiles, window frames and plumbing show no signs of abating as America’s supply chain crisis spills into another year.

Fiber optic cables, center, and copper Ethernet cables feed into switches inside an office communications room. Photo: Bloomberg.

Two Tools to Mitigate Ever-Rising Trucking Rates

Transportation is by far the most expensive part of logistics, accounting for up to 70% of a company’s total logistics costs.

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