Lori Ann LaRocco
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Viewpoint: Why Europe is so important to the empty-container supply
All the pipes of trade are connected. If one pipe starts to have empty-container constriction, container prices will be influenced across the board.
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Viewpoint: Another round of COVID testing in China means drayage delays coming
China’s “dynamic COVID-zero policy” means more government-mandated testing — and more drayage delays.
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Viewpoint: How do you put value on today’s longshore workers?
Labor strikes and slowdowns at ports in Germany, Antwerp, Belgium, and Rotterdam, Netherlands, are crippling trade and could trigger more logistical inflationary pressures for U.S.…
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Viewpoint: The jaws of trade squeezing the supply chain
The jaws of the supply chain vise are squeezing trade so tight that the headache it is creating will be a whopper for logistics managers…
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FreightWaves part of CNBC’s new Supply Chain Heat Map
A new tracking analytic uncovers the undercurrents within the flow of trade.
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How to win the trade game: NY/NJ port directors explain their success
The Port of New York and New Jersey’s outgoing and incoming directors discuss container migration, reliance on data and how they avoided problems plaguing West…
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Viewpoint: Shanghai’s reopening pledge nothing more than the boy who cried wolf
When it comes to lifting lockdowns in China, false hope will remain the norm.
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SONAR charts check temperature of Shanghai’s ailing supply chain
China’s zero-COVID policy is a prescription for more inflation and supply chain “illness.”
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What can go wrong next in China? Now there’s a lockdown in Zhengzhou
Trucking solutions, sitting cargo are among the issues in Henan province’s capital city.
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Viewpoint: China COVID policies to squeeze flow of European exports to North America
China's zero-COVID measures will make it harder for European exports to reach the East Coast because empty containers aren't getting where they're needed.
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