Farmers are spending more to keep tractors and combines running. Shipping and trucking companies are passing higher costs to retailers, which are beginning to pass them on to shoppers. And […]
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Back to news homeHow The Trucker Protests Are Snarling the Auto Industry
“What people seem to not understand is that when that truck isn’t moving, they make no money,” Ms. Walker said, noting that drivers with certain types of cargo, such as […]
The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Enough Truck Drivers
Every truck stop is like a shrine seeking to ward off the demons of fatigue. Refrigerated display cabinets are stocked with supercaffeinated energy drinks whose brand names attest to the […]
Warehouse Space Is the Latest Thing Being Hoarded
As retailers and logistics companies try to stockpile goods to hedge against supply chain problems, they are facing a new challenge: In many parts of the United States, there is […]
Urea Shortage Is Felt Around the World
This is a story about one of those unsung forces that quietly keep the world running. It is a story about the clockwork interconnectedness of modern civilization, about how disturbances […]
Supply Chain Snarls for Cars on Display at a Kansas Terminal
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Just after 5:30 on a chilly November morning, David Heide arrives at the shipping terminal on the industrial fringes of Kansas City, Kan., wondering what fresh […]
Crunch at Ports May Mean Crisis for American Farms
It’s just 60 miles from El Dorado Dairy in Ontario, Calif., to the nation’s largest container port in Los Angeles. But the farm is having little luck getting its products […]
The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers
Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said his port had told the White House in July that about 30 percent of the port’s appointments for […]
Global Shipping Delays Loom Over Retailers for the Holidays
WASHINGTON — It was 73 days until Christmas, and the clock was ticking down for Catch Co.The Chicago-based fishing company had secured a spot to sell a new product, an […]
Boris Johnson Promotes Rising Wages Amid Shortages in U.K.
In a country bedeviled by acute shortages of goods and workers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is portraying the chaos as a source of national revival.Gas stations in Britain have recently […]