UK Insurers in Talks with Government About Creating Trade Credit Backstop April 20, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn British insurers are talking to the government about a backstop for trade credit insurance to support business supply chains hit...
Global Supply Chains Strained as Ship Crews Are Stuck in Lockdown April 7, 2020 By Claire Jiao, Siegfrid Alegado and Ann Koh Port restrictions and canceled flights are straining the ability to replace seafarers on board ships, further weakening global supply chains...
China’s Factories Hit with 2nd Blow from Coronavirus as External Demand Drops March 27, 2020 By Jinshan Hong and Lin Zhu Since last week, emails from foreign clients have been flooding into export manager Grace Gao’s in-box, asking to delay orders...
Western Supply Chains Begin to Buckle on Expanding Coronavirus Lockdowns March 23, 2020 By Jonathan Saul, Sonya Dowsett and Lisa Baertlein Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western governments to...
Coronavirus’ Hits to Supply Chains Could Surpass Natural Disasters: Opinion February 26, 2020 By Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg Opinion Everyone is wondering when China will return to work. While it may be tempting to consider past epidemics or labor...
Coronavirus Leads Companies with Supply Chain Disruptions to Invoke ‘Force Majeure’ February 13, 2020 By Jan Wolfe With the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Hubei province, China, showing no signs of abating any time soon, some companies...
Rhine River Shipping Faces Another Historic Shutdown as Drought Hits Water Levels July 24, 2019 By William Wilkes, Bill Lehane and Vanessa Dezem The bustling boat traffic on Europe’s Rhine river ground to a halt for the first time in living memory last...
Sweltering Heatwave in Germany Sparks Wildfires, Forces Speed Cut on Autobahn June 27, 2019 By William Wilkes and Brian Parkin A blistering heatwave prompted Germany to impose speed restrictions on usually limit-free stretches of its high-speed motorways Wednesday, the latest...
Rhine River Could Be Impassable to Ships this Summer if European Drought Returns April 12, 2019 By William Wilkes Germany’s Rhine River could be impassable to ships again this summer if Europe has another drought, a once-rare weather phenomenon...
UK Corporates Readying for ‘Hardest of Brexits’: Deloitte Survey February 4, 2019 By David Milliken Major British businesses’ appetite to take on financial risk has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade due...