Ports
Beirut Port Silos Partly Collapse on Second Anniversary of Blast
BEIRUT — On its second anniversary, the massive port explosion that rocked Beirut in 2020 was still damaging the city, as grain silos marred in the blast partly collapsed on Thursday. Nearby, thousands of people had come to mark the day and to protest the lack of accountability for the blast, which killed more than […]
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Crops ‘Stored Everywhere’: Ukraine’s Harvest Piles Up
A small army of combine harvesters rolled across an endless farm field on a recent afternoon in western Ukraine, kicking dust clouds into the blue sky as the machines gathered in a sea of golden wheat. Mountains of soy and corn will be reaped in coming weeks. It will all add to a 20-million-ton backlog […]
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Russia Strikes Odesa Port, Stirring Doubts on Deal to Export Grain
ODESA, Ukraine — A string of explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Saturday, hitting one of the country’s most important ports less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine signed a deal to secure the transit of millions of tons of grain through Black Sea routes. The strikes raised concerns about Russia’s commitment […]
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Truckers’ Protests Over Labor Law Block Access to Oakland’s Port
For days, a convoy of truckers has blocked the roads that serve the Port of Oakland, crippling a major West Coast cargo hub already hampered by global supply chain disruptions. The protest is meant to send a message to Gov. Gavin Newsom: Keep the drivers clear of a California labor law that they say threatens […]
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As Russia Chokes Ukraine’s Grain Exports, Romania Tries to Fill In
Stopping at the edge of a vast field of barley on his farm in Prundu, 30 miles outside Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, Catalin Corbea pinched off a spiky flowered head from a stalk, rolled it between his hands, and then popped a seed in his mouth and bit down. “Another 10 days to two […]
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Biden to Visit Port of Los Angeles, Casting Inflation as a Global Problem
LOS ANGELES — President Biden is set to use the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as a backdrop to highlight his fight against inflation, delivering a speech about the efforts his administration has made to speed up the delivery of goods that has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. White House officials said Mr. […]
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New Supply Chain Risk: 22,000 Dockworkers Who May Soon Strike
In a world contending with no end of economic troubles, a fresh source of concern now looms: the prospect of a confrontation between union dockworkers and their employers at some of the most critical ports on earth. The potential conflict centers on negotiations over a new contract for more than 22,000 union workers employed at […]
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A Normal Supply Chain? It’s ‘Unlikely’ in 2022.
With the havoc at ports showing no signs of abating and prices for a vast array of goods still rising, the world is absorbing a troubling realization: Time alone will not solve the Great Supply Chain Disruption. It will require investment, technology and a refashioning of the incentives at play across global business. It will […]
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Supply Chain Woes Could Worsen as China Imposes Covid Lockdowns
WASHINGTON — Companies are bracing for another round of potentially debilitating supply chain disruptions as China, home to about a third of global manufacturing, imposes sweeping lockdowns in an attempt to keep the Omicron variant at bay. The measures have already confined tens of millions of people to their homes in several Chinese cities and […]
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