Tag: Global Supply Chains

Chart of the Day: That’s One Way to Fix Supply Chains – Stop Buying Things

The reasons for supply chains clearing backlogs are not because they have fixed supply chain issues but because there is simply less product being shipped.
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China’s Protracted Lockdowns Cause Critical Shortages in West

Hospitals in U.S. are on high alert as prolonged lockdown in China’s Shanghai causing a global shortage of chemicals used in medical imaging.
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China’s Lockdowns of Tens of Millions Inflicts More Pain on Global Supply Chains

Seeing China’s financial hub Shanghai, home to 25 million, come to a standstill amid more than four weeks of lockdown has...
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Experts Warn of China’s Near-Monopoly on Freight Container Production, Global Supply Chain At Risk

Expert says it's ‘deeply concerning’ China produces 95 percent of the world’s shipping containers A recent report from the U.S....
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China’s Lockdowns May Be Partly a Ploy to Tamper With Supply Chains, Highlight US Dependence: Expert

The extremely strict lockdown that Beijing officials have imposed on Shanghai and other cities in recent weeks may be...

The Green US Supply Chain Rules Set to Unspool and Rattle the Global Economy

Making a box of Cocoa Puffs is a complicated global affair. It could start with cocoa farms in Africa,...

Global Economy Heading For ‘Mother of All’ Supply Chain Shocks

Ben Harnwell reports on story that declares “Global Economy Heading for ‘Mother of All’ Supply Chain Shocks as China Locks Down Ports.”

Truck Companies in Unprecedented Scramble to Find Spare Parts

It’s a simple fact of life for the commercial trucking industry: without replacement parts, the big semis stop rolling. When...

DeSantis Offers Florida Ports to Help Ease Supply Chain Pinch

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the ports in his state can act as part of a solution to ongoing supply chain issues. “So...
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Inflation Surges at 13-year High Amid Global Supply Chain Chaos

U.S. consumer prices in September accelerated at their fastest annual rate in 13 years amid a spike in energy...
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One of World’s Largest Port Operators Warns Global Supply Chain ‘Crisis’ Will Last Longer Than Expected

The operator of one of the busiest ports in the world has suggested that global supply chain bottlenecks will...
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Workers Who Maintain Supply Chains Issue Bone-Chilling Warning Every American Needs to Hear

A group of international transport organizations issued a chilling warning of the potential collapse of supply chains in the...