China’s Covid Zero Policy Towards Seafarers Escalates Supply Chain Crisis
By K. Oanh Ha and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) —China’s increasingly extreme Covid Zero policies are standing in the way of a full recovery for the
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By K. Oanh Ha and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) —China’s increasingly extreme Covid Zero policies are standing in the way of a full recovery for the
By Amelia Pollard (Bloomberg) –The journey of Tonka’s Mighty Dump Truck toy from its Asian factory to U.S. stores offers a window into
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The number of days containers are waiting to be picked up by trucks at California’s neighboring ports of Los Angeles
By Ari Natter, Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Annmarie Hordern (Bloomberg) — The U.S. will release 50 million barrels of crude from its
By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) –Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S dropped to a two-week low after one of the world’s top makers of wind turbines was
By Mark Burton and Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg) On an industrial port about an hour’s drive toward the South China Sea coast from Ho Chi Minh City sit
By Jiyeun Lee (Bloomberg) –South Korea’s exports are poised to extend a run of double-digit gains in November, underpinned by chip and ship sales and
By Albertina Torsoli (Bloomberg) —France will continue supporting its fishermen as talks with the U.K. on post-Brexit fish licenses drag on,
By Robert Tuttle and Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) –Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, is bracing for more rain after deadly floods last
By Kevin Varley and Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) –Asia’s largest ports are showing signs that congestion is easing ahead of the holiday season, a
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –Global talks on how to clean up shipping are set to begin Monday as momentum builds to cut pollution from the
By Archie Hunter (Bloomberg) Coffee snobs have a lot to worry about right now. A global shortage of beans is already threatening to push up prices at cafes
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The logjam of ships waiting for a turn to unload their cargo at the U.S.’s busiest container port has left thousands
By Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) The days of bringing unvaccinated kids aboard a cruise are winding down. On Wednesday, Disney Cruise
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — There’s little sign of near-term improvement in the global supply-chain crisis, according to Israeli container
By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Spot freight rates for liquefied natural gas tankers in the Asia-Pacific have surged to record highs as a steady flow of U.S.
By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — Traffic at Canada’s largest port has been cut off by what local officials are calling the
The Biden Administration will hold its first offshore oil and gas lease sale on Wednesday, but only under a court order to do so. By Jennifer A. Dlouhy
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to
By David McLaughlin (Bloomberg) S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) won U.S. antitrust approval to buy IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) – owners of The Journal Of
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