See inside a 958-foot container ship, from the crew's living quarters to the massive engine room
Second mate Bryan Boyle provides insight into the everyday life of cargo ship crew members as they spend holidays at sea.
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Harbor pilots can make $434,000 a year, face high fatality rates, and are responsible for guiding hulking cargo ships into ports
Christopher Mims' book "Arriving Today" breaks down how shipments from overseas arrive at your door. Harbor pilots represent a key part of it.
Here's the 13-page pitch deck supply-chain-tech startup Tive used to raise a $54 million to keep growing its 'AirTag' for global freight
Virtually every commercial shipment in every supply chain on the planet will have a tracker by 2028, Tive's founder and CEO, Krenar Komoni, said.
See what merchant mariners eat while spending months at sea on a container ship
During the holidays, meal times are a source of community for merchant mariners who must work through Thanksgiving and New Year's.
Fed up with high gas prices and slow Amazon deliveries? Blame these 2 century-old laws that need to be repealed.
Two laws — the Jones Act and Foreign Dredge Act — make it more expensive to move gas, food, and all kinds of goods. But we still can't get rid of them
The Great Manufacturing Comeback could save America
The Great Manufacturing Comeback could save us from a bleak future where most Americans remain stuck in crappy service jobs.
Elon Musk says Tesla's new factories are 'gigantic money furnaces' that are losing billions of dollars from EV-battery shortages and supply-chain snags
The richest man said that one of his biggest concerns was how to keep Tesla factories running without going bankrupt.
20 shipping containers' worth of gold and television sets were stolen in the 'biggest heist' ever for a Mexico port
Horacio Duarte, the head of Mexico's customs service, told Associated Press the theft was the result of "a very serious organized crime operation."
The ad industry is bracing for a spending downturn. Here's how marketers like McDonald's are shifting budgets and who's likely to benefit the most.
Advertisers are adjusting spending to the economic downturn in vastly different ways.
These foldable shipping containers could help solve the supply-chain crisis
Staxxon, a startup based out of New Jersey, thinks it may have a solution to historic congestion at some of the largest ports in the US.
Demand for the muscle-building supplement creatine has exploded as people flock back to the gym — creating a shortage and price hikes that could last until 2023
Increases in demand and supply-chain woes have led to a shortage of the muscle-building supplement creatine — but athletes are still willing to buy.
3 warning signs that the US economy could be headed for a downturn this year
The economy is nearing a full recovery to pre-pandemic health, but it might not feel that way for shoppers or business owners looking to hire.
Amazon tumbles 11% after posting first loss in 7 years, wiping out $160 billion of value
Amazon's bottom line was hit hard by a $7.6 billion drop in the value of its stake in electric-car maker Rivian.
How truck driving became one of the worst jobs in the US
More than 3 million people drive trucks in the US, but the job is no longer the golden ticket it once was to a middle-class life.
Truckers are on pace to file a record number of complaints against employers amid the driver shortage
Supply-chain snags have forced truck drivers to wait hours at ports and depots under tight delivery windows.
Shipping companies in the Black Sea are reportedly facing war-risk premiums as high as $5 million
War-risk premiums for cargo ships and tankers traveling the Black Sea could make vessels uninsurable and threaten to send prices even higher.
GOLDMAN SACHS: These 45 stocks are the most isolated from international supply chain woes created by geopolitical tensions and COVID-19 lockdowns — and are reaping the benefits from firms bringing operations back to the US
Global supply chain issues continue to put pressure on businesses. Companies that have brought operations back to the US have outperformed.
5 tech startups fighting the supply-chain crisis at California's log-jammed ports
Tech startups that tackle systemic issues causing congestion at US ports stand a better chance of actually bringing relief, according to experts.
How luxury automakers like BMW and Lamborghini are setting production records while the chip shortage hammers mainstream players like Ford and GM
Luxury-car brands aren't immune to shortages. But their sales cycles and forward-looking supply strategies have helped them better weather the storm.
Thousands of Russia-linked shipping containers are causing a 'nightmare' situation in the Port of Rotterdam
"You need to isolate them, set them apart, and then do physical inspections of the containers before they can be released," Allard Castelein told Bloomberg.