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Supply Chain Disruption
Panama Canal Queue-Jump Fee Passes $4M as Iran War Reroutes Global Shipping
By Ashley Prince | August 14, 2026 An empty liquefied petroleum gas tanker, the G. Arete, will cut the Panama Canal queue next week after paying $4.6 million, according to a shipping report seen by Bloomberg. The payment is the highest publicly reported queue-jump fee to date, above the prior high of $3.975 million paid by […]
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How to Maintain Sustainability, Even During Disruptions
Supply chain disruptions have a way of stripping operations down to their essentials. In these moments, sustainability programs can easily be treated as optional—more of a “nice to have” than a core business necessity. But this is an outdated and strategically perilous mindset.
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Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy In an Era of Persistent Volatility
Q. What’s different about what shippers are facing in 2026 versus prior years of disruption? A. Over the past five or six years, supply chains have been challenged like almost never before. A first round of tariffs, then COVID, then more tariffs, various conflicts, and now renewed trade policy volatility. As I’ve described it, it’s […]
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Build the Capability to Respond Fast
The margin between a manageable delay and a costly stoppage is razor-thin and continues to narrow. So if you’re preparing for disruption, you’re already behind.
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Retailers Are Racing to Beat Tariffs. Is Your Warehouse Network Ready?
The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 71.1 for June, up 1.6 points from May.
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The Invisible Shortage: How Petrochemical Shortages Could Impact Packaging
A global naphtha shortage is driving up the cost of plastic packaging across supply chains. Shippers face rising costs and new sourcing challenges as disruptions ripple from the Middle East to Asia and the U.S.
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