(Natural News) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting that the effects of the two-year-long global supply chain crisis will worsen again in April, as rising shipping costs threaten to slow economic growth and worsen inflation. According to an article posted on the IMF’s website on March 28, the organization outlined how the economic restrictions imposed upon […]

(Natural News) In the early days of the pandemic, it was not unusual to see store shelves wiped clean of toilet paper. These days, however, we are seeing empty shelves on every aisle of the store, and the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon as the pandemic dries up supplies. A new round […]

(Natural News) Cargo ship backlogs at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have hit record high as the supply chain crisis continues. On Monday, Oct. 18, the Marine Exchange of Southern California reported 100 vessels berthed at those ports, topping the previous record of 97 set last Sept. 19. Both figures are a lot higher than the […]

(Natural News) The natural gas and energy shortages sweeping across Europe, Asia and the United States have now affected the cost of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG). One of the first disastrous changes to occur to the shipping industry’s prices was the cost of shipping containers soaring. This was followed by the cost of dry […]

(Natural News) The White House announced Wednesday, Oct. 13, that Walmart, UPS and FedEx are moving to work more shifts to deal with global supply disruptions that have contributed to a surge in inflation. The announcement was made ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with the heads of those companies to address the supply chain bottlenecks before […]

(Natural News) The price of moving a 40-foot container from China to the West Coast has jumped to almost $16,000 – a tenfold increase from pre-pandemic costs – as surging shipping prices and bottlenecks at ports threaten global recovery from the economic crisis inflicted by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). From Shanghai to Rotterdam, transporting a 40-foot […]