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Project44 expands real-time shipment tracking services in China
Data strengthens “weak link” in global supply chains as nation swaps out older truck models, adds ELD connections, project44 says.
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Risk report lists five trends rocking pandemic recovery
Everstream tracks re-shoring, bankruptcies, hacking, air capacity, multimodal freight.
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FTR: industrial sector continues hot pandemic rebound, fueled by stimulus, vaccines
Manufacturing still lags pre-covid levels, but recovery speed could be constrained by labor supply, port congestion.
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Suez Canal wreck adds extra hurdle to snarled global trade
Sandstorm blows huge Evergreen Marine vessel sideways, blocking traffic as world container flows were already stuck in low gear.
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UN plan would raise $5 billion from containership companies to stop emissions
New technology is needed to launch zero-carbon emission cargo ships within a decade, sponsor countries say.
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Global air cargo sector shows “continuing and severe capacity crunch”
Freight demand improved slightly in October but lingers well below 2019 levels as capacity remains tightly constricted, IATA says.
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DHL study shows that globalization is on pace to survive coronavirus impact
Pandemic froze the global flow of people, but trade and capital are beginning to rebound, led by a spike in digital information.
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Exporters cheer U.S. effort to clear shipping container blockage
Federal Maritime Commission to investigate ocean carriers operating in alliances as shippers wince under late fees.
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IATA offers cargo guidelines for vaccine distribution
Pharmaceutical cold chain could be strained by high volume, low temperature required for new drugs from Pfizer, Moderna.
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Johnson & Johnson ranks as top healthcare supply chain, Gartner says
Top firms prevailed as pandemic created extreme supply and demand swings, analyst says.
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