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Turkey renews plan to build canal between Black and Mediterranean seas
Nation says Canal Istanbul would relieve traffic in the nearby Bosporus Straits, but critics see financial, environmental hurdles.
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Report reveals no rush to ‘reshore’
Expectations for developing a North American alternative to Asia-based supply chains are overblown, EIU study shows.
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Maersk and IBM’s Tradelens container shipping data platform expands in China
Blockchain-based network supports digitalized operations even as global container flows remain crimped by Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian port.
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White House report lists steps to strengthen critical supply chains
Study addresses semiconductors, batteries, minerals, and pharmaceuticals, but impacts could stretch through early every sector, analysts say.
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Scan Global Logistics brings TransGroup under its brand umbrella
Danish freight forwarder continues global expansion under private equity ownership.
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Covid-related challenges to plague supply chains in 2021
Regulatory changes, food supply chain vulnerabilities are among the key issues to watch as the year unfolds, risk management firm says.
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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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