Tag: global supply chains

November 15, 2023

UPS Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its Supply Chain Symphony platform, which it said will integrate into one platform the visibility of multiple services that had previously been siloed. The new tool will enable customers to monitor simultaneously and in real […]

September 11, 2020

The shipping industry is faced with one of the greatest humanitarian crises in years, affecting over half a million people. Six months into the pandemic 300,000 seafarers are stuck at sea, some of them for 17 months, 6 months longer […]

April 7, 2020

The world’s biggest lockdown has brought transportation of goods in India to a near halt, even though the federal government has exempted the sector from restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus. Daily movement of trucks has collapsed to less […]

April 1, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic locked down countries and disrupted global supply chains, the Great Lakes shipping season got underway last week. American and foreign freighters are expected to transport cargo throughout the more than 100 ports of call in the […]