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Chinese Factories Floundering
15 Dec

Chinese Factories Floundering

A sharp reduction in demand has caused some Chinese factories to slow down production as the world rights itself from the breakneck pandemic shopping pace. A...

China, COVID, and Civil Unrest
29 Nov

China, COVID, and Civil Unrest

Under China’s zero-Covid policy, strict lockdowns are being blamed for an apartment fire that killed ten people when emergency services were delayed due to...

A Season to be Thankful
28 Nov

A Season to be Thankful

One thing you learn after being in business through the last few years, you’re only as strong as the people you can lean on. After a difficult pandemic, a...

Warehousing: At a Premium?
17 Nov

Warehousing: At a Premium?

Last week we discussed the possibility of a rail strike hitting as we move into the holiday season, and intelligent shippers are talking to their logistics...

US Manufacturing & Trucking Boom
28 Oct

US Manufacturing & Trucking Boom

The massive increase in US manufacturing has hit the trucking sector hard, causing both capacity issues and delays as an already precarious industry tries to...

Port Labor Negotiations
21 Oct

Port Labor Negotiations

Based on the current stories that come up regarding the labor negotiations for both rail and ocean port workers, there might be a lesson buried in the...

China: Back on Lockdown
20 Oct

China: Back on Lockdown

Once again, the supply chain is watching China and the zero-COVID policy that slowed transportation to a crawl earlier this year. Currently, only Ningbo is...

Empty Container Conundrum
14 Oct

Empty Container Conundrum

It doesn’t seem so long ago that we lamented the equipment imbalance that plagued shippers who needed to find containers for their cargo. Currently, we’re...

Blank Sailing & Golden Week Bound
20 Sep

Blank Sailing & Golden Week Bound

After talking breathlessly about the possibility of a rail strike and how the world held steady under the threat thereof, the news on the logistics front dried...