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Summer of Sold-Out Ships Awaits as Sea Cargo Chaos Intensifies

Container shipping rates are heading higher again, driven to new heights by unrelenting consumer demand and company restocking from Europe to the U.S. that are exhausting the world economy’s capacity to move goods across oceans.

Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles.

Watch: The Impact of the Pandemic on the Automotive Supply Chain

Vanessa Miller, partner in the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, details the substantial challenges that the automotive industry is facing, now and in months to come.

The Impact of the Pandemic on the Automotive Supply Chain

E-Commerce Seeks the Path to a Zero-Emissions Future

Which portion of an e-commerce delivery has the bigger impact on carbon emissions — the first mile, or the last?

Photo: Bloomberg

How Retailers Can Mitigate the Impact of New Shipping Surcharges

Because e-commerce sales show no signs of slowing down, retailers must find a better way to balance shipping surcharges and overage costs.

FedEx Corp. couriers unload packages from a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.

Covid Shots Come in Bulk. The World Needs Single Servings.

Vaccination campaigns in the U.S. and some other countries are moving from mass demand to more targeted efforts to reach the hesitant — and doctors want easier ways to deliver shots.

An employee handles vials of Covishield, the local name for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. Photo: Bloomberg.

Shipping Containers Are Falling Overboard at a Rapid Rate

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean as pressure to speed deliveries raises the risk of safety errors.

Photo: Bloomberg

How the Vaccine Got Distributed So Quickly — and Lessons Learned for Next Time

President Biden far surpassed his original goal of administering 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines within his first 100 days in office, but the initiative couldn’t have succeeded without a substantial manufacturing and logistics infrastructure backing it up.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Four Mistakes That Companies Are Making in Their Parcel-Shipping Strategies

Thanks to the pandemic and heavy customer demand, parcel shipping is currently mired in “chaos.”

A United Parcel Service Inc. worker delivers packages. Photo: Bloomberg.

Covid Battle Pivots to New Tactics to Get Shots to All Americans

The new focus — those who have been unable to sign up, are waiting to get a shot, or who have been reluctant or refused to be vaccinated — is a goal that requires different tactics involving smaller, more focused distribution.

Baskets of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site. Photo: Bloomberg.

How K.C. Southern Morphed From Rail Dark Horse to $30 Billion Prize

In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads.

A Kansas City Southern freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.

What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

Century-Old Rail Rivalry Flares Up Over a $30 Billion Prize

Canadian National Railway Co.’s bid to wrest Kansas City Southern away from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is rekindling a century-old rivalry and pitting former colleagues against each other.

Image: Bloomberg

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