Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again

Container cranes with trucks underneath at a port.

It’s not just a potential U.S. rail strike putting supply chains at risk. Air traffic controllers in France are taking Friday off, and dockworkers at two major U.K. ports have scheduled work stoppages.

The pandemic, a giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal, floods and droughts, and worker shortages have created two years of havoc for businesses and consumers that depend on freight shipments. Now potential disruptions are coming from within. Workforces, emboldened by a tight labor supply amid...

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Ever Given containers finally being offloaded at Port of Rotterdam

Despite the early-morning hour, 5:15 a.m. Thursday in the Netherlands, the Ever Given “arrived amid great interest,” according to a Port of Rotterdam statement. 

Normally a container ship’s arrival in port does not warrant a press release. But the case of the Ever Given, which will be forever infamous for getting stuck in the Suez Canal, is anything but normal and prompted Port of Rotterdam officials to post a brief statement and two photos of the Ever Given’s arrival Thursday.  

The statement...

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