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World Food Program says COVID air network could fold soon
The United Nations’ World Food Program is running a global air network with partner airlines to deliver COVID relief supplies to underserved communities but doesn’t…
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MSC brings customers on board in carbon-reduction efforts
Clients can help support a hydroelectric power project in China and a forest protection program in Zimbabwe
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DCSA provides education on ‘smart containers’
Digital Container Shipping Association establishes internet of things standards for connectivity
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WHO builds up COVID-19 airlift capacity to help Africa
The World Health Organization has air hubs in Doha and Addis Ababa and is pumping humanitarian resources and workers around the world in response to…
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Coronavirus will alter, not destroy, global supply chain — former UN ambassador
The outbreak could lead to a broad rethink of how global companies source, store and distribute goods
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Today’s Pickup: UN preps logistics surge to feed 4 million in Zimbabwe
The World Food Program says it has the trucking and logistics capacity to face growing hunger crisis in African nation, but needs millions of dollars…
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China export pain mounts as tariffs bite
China’s exports to the U.S. contracted last month. Even so, slowing U.S. exports to its trade rival saw China’s trade surplus with the U.S. widen.
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US imports from China crash 25% as trade diversification accelerates
A United Nations report concludes U.S. consumers and Chinese exporters are the primary losers in the trade war. Taiwan, Mexico, Europe and Vietnam are net…
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UN takes aim at US trade policy
In a thinly veiled swipe at President Trump’s trade policy, the U.N. says protectionism will result in weaker maritime demand over the next five years.
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Shipping must accelerate carbon cuts, coalition tells UN
Getting to Zero Coalition, which includes Maersk Line, calls for “commercially viable zero-emission vessels” to be deployed on deep sea trade by 2030.
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