Red Sea crisis fuels shipping costs, delays, inflation

Red Sea crisis fuels shipping costs, delays, inflation

The Maersk Sentosa container ship sails southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Stringer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attacks on ships in the Red Sea continue to push ocean freight rates higher, triggering warnings of inflation and delayed goods. To avoid strikes by Iran-backed Houthi militants based … Read more

Maersk Red Sea pause shows Operation Prosperity Guardian limits

Maersk Red Sea pause shows Operation Prosperity Guardian limits

A cargo ship crosses the Suez Canal, one of the most critical human-made waterways, in Ismailia, Egypt on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Kotb/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Getty Images The threat to global trade in the Red Sea remains high, even with efforts to protect commercial vessels from attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi … Read more

Boeing urges inspections of 737 Max planes for ‘possible loose bolt’

Boeing urges inspections of 737 Max planes for ‘possible loose bolt’

The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is displayed at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 20, 2022. Peter Cziborra | Reuters Boeing is urging airlines to inspect 737 Max planes to look for a “possible loose bolt” in the rudder control system, the latest quality issue to affect the manufacturer’s best-selling jetliner. The manufacturer … Read more

Houthi attacks, U.S. strikes spur concerns of wider Mideast conflict

Houthi attacks, U.S. strikes spur concerns of wider Mideast conflict

Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released on Nov. 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media | Via Reuters Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched fresh attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, while the U.S. carried out strikes against targets in Iraq, amid fears that the … Read more

new zealand: India, New Zealand discuss measures to cut trade barriers, promote investor-friendly environment

new zealand: India, New Zealand discuss measures to cut trade barriers, promote investor-friendly environment

India and New Zealand have discussed measures to reduce trade barriers and promote a more investor-friendly environment to boost economic ties, an official statement said on Wednesday. The issues were discussed during the meeting of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his counterpart from New Zealand Todd McClay on December 19. Both the ministers … Read more

Container prices hit $10,000, freight inflation soars in Red Sea chaos

Container prices hit ,000, freight inflation soars in Red Sea chaos

With the Red Sea diversions by shipping companies including Maersk continuing amid the risk of attacks by the Houthis, global logistics managers are faced with a two-front storm of rising ocean and air freight prices and stranded cargo. Both are threats to the global supply chain after three tumultuous years of inflationary pressures and delays … Read more

Boeing hands over first 787 Dreamliner to China since 2019

Boeing hands over first 787 Dreamliner to China since 2019

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits on the tarmac at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. Robert Sorbo | Reuters Boeing on Thursday handed over a 787 Dreamliner directly to a Chinese airline for the first time since November 2019, a milestone that could open up the possibility of deliveries of the manufacturer’s cash cow, the 737 … Read more

Houthi attacks on Red Sea likely won’t end anytime soon

Houthi attacks on Red Sea likely won’t end anytime soon

Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released on Nov. 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media | Via Reuters Drone and missile attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants have upended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, a narrow waterway through which some 10% of the … Read more

Chinas Export Restrictions Stoke Fears About Battery Supply Chains

Chinas Export Restrictions Stoke Fears About Battery Supply Chains

China has slapped export controls on graphite, a key mineral used to make steel and electric car batteries, ratcheting up a trade fight with the United States over the technologies needed to wean the world’s economy off planet-heating fossil fuels. The measures, announced Friday in a joint declaration from Beijing’s Ministry of Commerce and the … Read more