$1.5m China-built ship charge would bring return of US port congestion
The million-dollar-plus charges for Chinese-built vessels calling at US ports would unsurprisingly put inflationary pressure ...
With the US on the brink of a large-scale dockworkers’ strike, much is at stake for shippers, global trade and supply chain operators. A shutdown of 36 key ports along the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast from midnight on October 1 could disrupt over half of the nation’s containerised imports and exports, with worldwide ramifications.
In this episode, recorded just hours before the strike action was due to begin, we break down the supply chain chaos that has built through September, ...
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