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End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

The Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles’ heel.

A container ship sails at dusk. Photo: Bloomberg

The Suez Crisis Is Over. Now Time to Add Up the Damages.

The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half a century is just beginning.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

Ships Get Moving Through Suez as Giant Ever Given Is Freed

Ships started moving again through the Suez Canal on Monday after the giant container ship that lay stranded across the critical waterway for a week was finally tugged free.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

Suez Mess Adds to Global Economic, Supply-Chain Stress

The backlog is one more strain for global supply chains already stretched by the pandemic.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

GM and Ford Will Fight Startups in the Commercial Van Market

The cargo van isn’t sexy, but thanks to Amazon and e-commerce, startups and established carmakers are falling over themselves to make these proletarian haulers.

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Podcast | Women in Logistics 2021: A Rail Industry Pioneer

Meet a woman of color who has broken down barriers in the railroad industry — among many other accomplishments.

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Seven Last-Mile Delivery Challenges, and How to Solve Them

More than 60% of logistics companies agree that last-mile delivery is the most inefficient process in the entire supply chain.

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Blocked Suez Forces Ships to Look at Long Trip Around Africa

A massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal showed no signs of budging for a third day, forcing container carriers and other vessels to weigh costly and time-consuming voyages around Africa that threaten to destabilize the already fragile underpinnings of global trade.

Satellite image from Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS, shows cargo ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Amazon Union Vote Fuels Fiery Rhetoric

The hard-fought mail-in election that began seven weeks ago ends Monday, and both sides have a lot to lose.

An employee packs a box at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

RK Logistics Group Expands Silicon Valley Operations

RK Logistics Group, a provider of warehousing, eCommerce fulfillment and supply chain management services, announced the expansion of its operations in the Silicon Valley with the opening of two new facilities in Newark.

DHL Express Deploys Nearly 100 New Electric Delivery Vans in U.S.

DHL Express, a global provider of international express shipping services, has announced the intent to deploy an additional 89 electric vehicles this year in New York and California.

What’s Backed Up at the Suez Canal? Live Animals, Oil and Food

Crews are still struggling to remove Ever Given, a stranded container ship longer than the Eiffel Tower, and a look at the type of cargoes waiting to pass show the shipping delays will affect a range of industries.

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