2021 proved a challenging year for global supply chains, seeing significant disruption and bottlenecks around the world. We saw pockets of improvements, only to get setbacks when terminals or vessels encountered a COVID-19 outbreak. Unfortunately, 2022 has not started off as we had hoped. The...
A suspension of trucking services in several parts of East China’s Zhejiang province has slowed the transportation of manufactured goods and commodities through one of the world’s most important ports. There are strict controls on trucks moving goods to or from the Beilun district in Ningbo...
China’s whac-a-mole approach to containing Covid-19 is seeing restrictions rushed in at many more important hubs across the country as the nation struggles to contain more contagious variants spreading. Two Covid-19 cases in Shenzhen have seen local authorities usher in travel bans making it difficult to...
Weeks after severe flooding wreaked havoc on B.C.’s road and rail network, round-the-clock repairs are bringing a sense of stability to carriers that haul freight in the province. As for normalcy, that’s something else entirely. A lack of predictability remains the big problem, says Dave Earle,...
Hong Kong has announced that passengers from eight countries will be banned from entering the country for 14 days. The flight ban will impact passengers from Australia, the UK, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the US, including transferring passengers. The measure comes into force on...
The global shipping industry is experiencing a container shortage caused by Covid-19 which first occurred back when the Covid-19 pandemic started in early 2019.The current situationNational lockdowns in different country, shortage of workers, social distancing guidelines and goods production being stunted, saw a global shortage...
Efforts to reduce congestion at Long Beach and Los Angeles may actually be adding to supply chain disruption by increasing the time it takes for goods to get to market and forcing up freight rates. Data from freight forwarding technology company Shifl shows that a consistent...
A new phenomenon is emerging in container shipping as the major carriers struggle to manage their schedules in light of the persistent backlogs to enter major ports around the world. Research and advisory services company Sea-Intelligence is calling it “congestion-induced blank sailings,” where the carriers...
Omicron outbreak in Zhejiang Province closes factories, stalls haulage and hits port of Ningbo, leaving world's supply chains bosses fearing worst ...
Lockdowns across China’s Zhejiang province have prompted multiple factory closures, and new restrictions have been placed on trucking. China reported new Covid cases in Tianjin and Guangzhou this week, including the Omicron variant, but the outbreak in Zhejiang, another major manufacturing heartland, remains the most serious. For...
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