You shop, it ships : Maersk’s bid to challenge Amazon
COPENHAGEN : A Danish shipping giant is betting that your online purchases of appliances, furniture and sweatpants will be the next phase of its growth. Maersk, which moves nearly a fifth of the world’s
Storms From Texas to China Set to Worsen Global Ship Snarls
Global supply chains already tangled by the pandemic, labor shortages and sustained consumer demand in the U.S. are getting walloped by another disruptive force: Mother Nature. Typhoon Chanthu is expected to hover near the
Maersk and Canadian Pacific open transload facility in Vancouver
COPENHAGEN : Maersk and Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway have opened a new Pacific Transload Express facility in Vancouver aiming to ease logistics and relieve supply chain woes in North America. The new facility of
Rail is the answer to supply chain resilience in Britain : Ernst Schulze
LONDON : Last week, The Times reported that supply chain bottlenecks are now impacting Britain’s economic growth. While there are several contributing factors across the globe related to the pandemic, when we look closer to home the
From a factory in China to a supplier in Chicago
Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes, waiting for a ride to the U.S. It’s been on the dock for months, trapped
Delhivery acquires Spoton to strengthen B2B capabilities
NEW DELHI : Logistics company Delhivery on Wednesday acquired the Bengaluru-based Spoton Logistics, a tech-driven supply chain services company. According to a joint media release by the companies, this move will strengthen Delhivery’s existing B2B capabilities. Financial details
Rising delays in China’s container trade jeopardise Global Supply Chains
SHANGHAI : As China fights COVID -19 outbreaks in key industrial centers, increasing delays on the country’s main trade routes threaten the supply chain. Supply chain visibility platform, Project 44 highlighted that vessel and