supply chain disruption Archives

In container shipping, Container Shipping & Transport, logistics, shipping, Supply Chain

Posted September 13, 2022

Railroad Unions May Strike This Week w/ $2B-a-Day Consequences

On Friday, September the 16th, the mandatory cooling-off period on negotiations between U.S. railroads and their employees' unions ends, and the unions will be able to strike. That's just three [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In China, Import from China, International Shipping, Maersk, Supply Chain

Posted March 29, 2022

Now China Locks Down Shanghai

Here we go again. Two weeks ago we were talking about China putting a whole province, millions and millions of people, on lockdown. This week, China put Shanghai on lockdown. Keith Wallis [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In China, Import from China, importing, International Shipping, ports, shippers, shipping ports

Posted August 19, 2021

Updates on the Port of Ningbo Terminal Closure

The Port of Ningbo – the third busiest container port in the world – was supposedly going to start a phased reopening yesterday (Wednesday, August 18th) after its Meidong Container Terminal [also [...]

By Universal Cargo

In international business, International Shipping, Supply Chain

Posted June 17, 2021

Are You Ready for the Next Suez-Level Disruption?

This is a guest post by Jake Rheude. The core lesson of 2020 and 2021, so far, is that many global supply chains are one bad day away from breaking. An outbreak at a single fulfillment location, [...]