River Rhine in South Germany Closed to Shipping Due to High Water Levels November 20, 2023 Parts of the river Rhine in south Germany remain closed to shipping on Monday after a rise in water levels...
Port Operator DP World Chips Away at Freight Backlog After Crippling Cyber Attack November 14, 2023 By Angus Whitley DP World Plc is slowly working through a backlog of more than 20,000 freight containers piled up at Australian ports...
Cyber Attack Against Australia Port Operator Causes Massive Container Backlog November 13, 2023 By Angus Whitley and Lynn Doan DP World Plc is struggling to work through a backlog of 30,000 shipping containers piled up at ports across Australia...
Rhine River’s Low Water Levels Provide ‘Further Evidence’ of Climate Change October 20, 2023 By William Wilkes and Jack Wittels The cost of shipping fuel along the Rhine river has surged as low water levels curb barges’ carrying capacity following...
Low Water Levels Hamper Rhine River Shipping in Germany October 5, 2023 Low water levels after recent dry weather are preventing cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in...
Pegatron India Fire Traced to Workers’ Failure to Turn Off Electrical Switch: Sources September 28, 2023 By Praveen Paramasivam A factory fire at iPhone assembler Pegatron India was sparked by a short-circuit after an electrical switch was left on,...
Insurtech MGA Loadsure Partners With WeatherOptics to Boost Cargo Risk Calculations September 27, 2023 Loadsure, the London-based insurtech and managing general agent, has partnered with WeatherOptics, a leading weather intelligence platform, with the aim...
Apple Supplier Pegatron to Halt Assembly at India Plant for Second Day After Fire September 26, 2023 By Praveen Paramasivam, Ben Blanchard and Munsif Vengattil Apple supplier Pegatron has told its factory workers not to report for work on Tuesday, halting the assembly of iPhones...
Alpine Tunnel Chaos Puts Crucial European Network Under Strain September 25, 2023 By Bryce Baschuk When a landslide blocked an aging Alpine tunnel connecting Italy and France this summer, Livio Ambrogio knew what the fallout...
What Caused Closure of Toyota’s 14 Assembly Plants in Japan? August 30, 2023 Toyota Motor was ramping back production at its Japan-based factories on Wednesday after a computer system processing orders for vehicle...