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.
While visibility has always been important, it has been increasingly essential over the past couple of years. Better technology allows businesses to track products accurately through the supply chain and provides predictive capabilities.
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.
The pandemic supply chain disruptions never seem to end, especially in China. Strict restrictions on movement in Shanghai mean cargo can’t get to the airport, resulting in backlogs.
A federal regulator is using a new report to spotlight the importance of ocean containers to the U.S. economy and the threat of China’s market dominance.
RH confirms sharp drop in demand since Russia-Ukraine war and sees no supply chain relief.
Supply chains are at risk after Canadian Pacific shut down its rail service amid a contract battle with the Teamsters.
Transfix’s Scott Sokoloff discusses how data is keeping supply chains resilient in the wake of recent shake-ups.
E-commerce is driving the need for flexibility among shippers, which are looking toward logistics providers to offer options.
The truck driver shortage in the U.K. and Europe is getting worse with cross-border traffic being interrupted by the Ukraine crisis and Ukrainians going home to defend their country.
Manufacturers kept the screws tight on new Class 8 truck orders in February as a lack of supply chain visibility maintained stable backlogs.
Kuehne + Nagel is the biggest air and ocean logistics provider and it’s pushing the right buttons for fast growth.
Pandemic gridlock, the Ever Given, COVID outbreaks, container shortages, flooding, Ukraine. The next shoe to drop: a labor dispute.
The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.
Several trade and transport groups claim ocean carriers should lose special antitrust privileges and face stricter regulatory enforcement of shipping laws.
The Biden administration announces $450 million in port-expansion grants.
Hyliion Holdings has doubled its headcount amid an unrelenting battering of electric vehicle startup stock values.
The Biden administration plans to go after companies that may be using supply chain disruption to fix prices or overcharge customers.
ZF North America is increasingly counting on digitization of the supply chain to help it keep parts moving to customers.
The “everything shortage” forced truck manufacturers to cancel, retime and slow order intake even as demand for more trucks surges.
