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Increased demand for consumer products, Covid-induced disruption to containership schedules and a shortage of port workers and truck drivers have all combinedto extend waiting times at ports.

An economic reopening after Covid has spurred surging demand for goods and raw materials. Also, the virus continues to choke up ports and delay vessels, all of which is limiting how many are available…

The obvious winners are the container lines that have reported the best actual quarterly performance by the container shipping industry in its history for the second quarter of this year (2Q21).

Given the heightened focus on supply chain resulting from the pandemic, many third-party logistics (3PL) providers have supplied expertise and systems. “The most important element for the supply…

Capabilities that do most to produce a good customer experience, according to the survey, include: real-time visibility to orders, shipments, and inventory; time-definite deliveries; proactive…

Wuhan’s status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fueled its economic rise and drawn comparisons with Chicago’s role as a pivotal city in the center of a giant economy. Now, the fallout…

Few parts of the enterprise have transformed more radically over the years than supply chain as companies struggle to navigate global sourcing, just-in-time delivery models, and unprecedented customer…

Today’s ocean carriers are quick to withdraw capacity when demand changes. By adjusting the amount of equipment available, ocean carriers are better able to ensure demand remains tight enough to…

Demurrage and Detention quickly become a shipper’s nightmare and can result in thousands of dollars in per diem charges. Costs that arise because of bad planning, unforeseen circumstances and bad…

... I didn’t have a clue. I think back to stories I was writing less than a decade ago, and none of them predicted the rise in robotics or the emergence of things like artificial intelligence or the…