VW Fears Most of Its Cars on Cargo Ship ‘Felicity Ace’ Are Beyond Salvage February 26, 2022 By Monica Raymunt Volkswagen AG has lost hope that many of its roughly 4,000 vehicles aboard a cargo ship that caught fire last...
Fire on Massive Car Transport Ship, Felicity Ace, Is Likely Extinguished February 25, 2022 By L.S. Howard The fire on the cargo ship Felicity Ace, which had burned for more than a week, is likely extinguished and...
Found in Space: How Skytek Tracks Supply Chain Risks—and More December 29, 2021 By L.S. Howard Oil spills, port explosions, blockages in the Suez Canal and supply chain risks. These are just some of the events...
Why Post-Brexit Britain Is Economically Isolated, Vulnerable and Running on Fumes October 4, 2021 By Joe Mayes, Lizzy Burden and Isis Almeida Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are...
Chronic Scarcity of UK Workers Blamed on COVID and, of Course, Brexit August 3, 2021 By Jack Sidders, Deirdre Hipwell, Joe Mayes and Libby Cherry On the outskirts of the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy is a crop of new houses on their way to completion....
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...
Disruptions from Cyber Attack Force S. Africa Port Operator to Declare ‘Force Majeure’ July 27, 2021 By Felix Njini and John Viljoen Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, declared force majeure at the country’s key container terminals after...
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...
Cyber Attack Disrupts Container Operations at Major South African Port July 23, 2021 By Zandi Shabalala and Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG – A cyber attack has disrupted container operations at the South African port of Cape Town, an email seen...
Seized Suez Ship Declared Fit for Onward Passage (Once Compensation Is Paid) April 14, 2021 CAIRO – The cargo vessel that blocked global shipping in the Suez Canal and is caught in a legal dispute...