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This is a guest post. Establishing and running a decent supply chain entails solving numerous problems. But, to outline the correct issues and how to solve them, you need to pay attention to [...]

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 [...]

I've been getting emails about shipping to and from Russia through China. Naturally, reading them raises questions. Here are a few: Is China providing a way around sanctions? Are these for [...]

In case you haven't heard, Evergreen has had another costly and public debacle. No, this isn't a story about Hilary Clinton; Evergreen being her code name from the secret service is just [...]

On Tuesday (March 15th, 2022), the Biden Administration put out a "fact sheet" in announcing a freight data exchange program with the intention of improving the still badly congested supply [...]

China’s insane Covid Zero policies strike again. The country has shut down an entire province due to a rise of Covid-19 cases. This has millions of people locked in their homes, major [...]

This is a guest post by Edson Mitchell. Once people first hear of it, omnichannel logistics sounds fantastic. The idea of having all the aspects of logistics, including inventory, distribution, [...]

It's generally accepted that World War II ended the Great Depression. Could the Russia conflict end America's supply chain crisis? Or at least mitigate it? Hmmm... Greg Miller wrote an American [...]

To help shippers improve their international shipping, Universal Cargo’s blog often points out problems with, risks to, and likely disruptions in the supply chain. The goal of making [...]

There are many world events affecting current and upcoming ocean freight rates. Sanctions on Russia with its aggression on Ukraine obviously affects cargo movement to and from that region, and [...]