Transport Industry Expects Continued Staffing Woes as Concern Over Omicron Spreads January 7, 2022 By Ann Koh and K. Oanh Ha From seafarers refusing to get back on ships to truck drivers whose concern over Covid-related border closures trumps the lure...
World Faces Shortage of Sailors for Commercial Ships, Risking Supply Chains: Report July 28, 2021 By Jonathan Saul There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken...
Global Supply Chains Driven to Breaking Point on New COVID Wave, Natural Disasters July 26, 2021 By Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South...
Supply Chain Problems Move from China to U.S. and Other Nations March 23, 2020 By Lisa Baertlein, Jonathan Saul and Sonya Dowsett Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western governments to...