The ripple effects on logistics from Shanghai’s quarantine are being felt beyond the city as companies try to redirect freight to alternative import/export gateways.
Chinese President Xi is intent on eradicating COVID. The policy has come at a high economic cost. A new lockdown in Kunshan could threaten electronics production and further snarl ocean and air transport.
California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.
TuSimple’s stock price has tanked in recent weeks, and a published report says the autonomous truck developer may sell its China business unit.
AskWaves looks at the rankings of the world’s top container ports
COVID lockdowns haven’t closed Chinese ports yet. If they do, U.S. importers face “shockwave” of higher rates and delays.
TuSimple claims a “clean bill of health” as a U.S. probe of foreign investment ends with an agreement to guard U.S.-developed technology.
While much of the focus in 2021 was on the supply chain, the toll it took on e-commerce sellers was dramatic.
Top executives resigned at ELMS Inc. following a board probe into their discounted stock purchases before a SPAC merger.
The United States takes tit-for-tat action against Chinese airlines after China restricts access by U.S. carriers.
Sales focus on Asia by spin-off of Horizon Fuel Cell Technology brought weak prices despite surpassing delivery projections.
More COVID control measures in China are impacting international goods movement.
The latest partial closure of the Port of Ningbo has forwarders shifting strategies to keep the flow of trade moving.
How could the consensus — that container spot rates will remain extremely high — be wrong?
There has never been a year like this for container shipping. Here are the biggest stories of 2021.
Plus and Iveco lay out a timeline for driver-supervised autonomous trucks followed by fully driverless trucks.
SoCal port crunch “has really become as bad as it’s ever been,” reports industry veteran Jon Monroe.
Despite claims to the contrary, the ship backlog is not getting smaller. Vessels are waiting on both sides of the Pacific.
“The shipping industry as a whole has become increasingly reliant on using AIS data for operational purposes,” says VesselsValue’s Charlotte Cook.
A small number of non-U.S. entities determine vessel and container levels for U.S. ocean supply chains.
