(Natural News) Cargo volumes continue to rise at ports along the Gulf Coast as Port Houston’s September container activity rises 11 percent compared to last year. This rise in cargo is ongoing while congestions continue at West Coast ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach. “We expect container as well as demand for steel to continue growing through the […]

(Natural News) The price to ship a container from Asia to California is now $17,000, far from its $3,800 price from a year ago. Rates are even steeper on the East Coast, where shipping rates reach up to $20,000 per container. This increase in shipping rates is primarily due to supply chain disruptions, which have created […]

(Natural News) Experts say that the Biden administration needs to focus on long-term and realistic policies to diversify where imports are coming into, especially as the holiday season nears. Margaret Kidd, a supply chain and logistics professor at the University of Houston, said that the amount of cargo that will be supported in President Joe […]

(Natural News) Finding items from Canada and Mexico and other parts of the globe is set to become more problematic and more expensive. No matter what people know or understand about trade and the supply chain, the key takeaway is that products will cost more. There is already a massive shortage of truck drivers, who are getting […]

(Natural News) South Korea plans to spend $450 billion to build the world’s biggest chipmaking base over the next decade. This is part of an overarching plan called the “K-Semiconductor Belt Strategy” which aims to make the country the world’s leading chipmaker. With this strategy, South Korea joins the U.S., China and Europe in a global race to dominate the semiconductor […]

(Natural News) The ongoing congestion at ports in the U.S. West Coast has contributed to delivery delays and product shortages ahead of the holiday season. Labor shortages also contribute to the problem, with not enough port workers available to help unload goods from containers. As such, two shipping experts have sat down to talk more […]

(Natural News) For more than a year, we’ve warned that an engineered collapse of global supply lines was starting to unfold. That collapse is now accelerating at alarming speed, with even the International Chamber of Shipping issuing a red alert letter warning of a, “global transport systems collapse” that’s only going to get worse. The […]

(Natural News) Localized “electricity constraints” are hitting Chinese component suppliers that provide parts for companies like Apple and Tesla. According to reports, component suppliers for a number of major technology and automobile corporations have suspended operations because they claim that there is not enough energy available to produce their wares. Pegatron, which assembles iPhones for […]

(Natural News) Brits are reportedly panic buying gasoline due to an ongoing energy crisis that is spilling out of China into Europe – and from there into the United States, potentially. As natural gas prices in Europe and Asia soar, protests are breaking out all over the place. The story is that India and China […]

(Natural News) The U.K. government will send out reserve fuel tankers to deliver much-needed fuel to dry gas stations. The announcement comes as a much-needed respite from service stations experiencing fuel shortages and long lines of vehicles fueling up. Aside from the reserve tankers driven by citizens, military personnel will also take on fuel delivery duties, Downing […]