Terminal operators in the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland are adding an extra hour between the day and night shifts in order to sanitize equipment, but they say the move should not cause operational disruptions.
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The Impact of the Coronavirus on Global Trade: Now and Tomorrow
The coronavirus outbreak is having a serious ripple effect throughout global supply chains. Factories have shut down, product flow in many cases has come to a halt, and consumer purchases of all but the most essential items are plummeting. At the same time, importers and exporters are coping with the everyday problems of international trade. […]
Free flow of ocean cargo at rising risk from coronavirus
Ocean shipping is passing through multiple stages of coronavirus fallout, and the journey appears far from over. Stage one combined a containerized-goods supply shock and bulk-commodity demand shock, both centered in China and driven by temporary closures of factories, mills, plants, land transport and terminals.
Drivers ‘on their own’ if they have to self-isolate
As coronavirus infections spread across the country, truck drivers are finding themselves stranded without a clear protocol for what to do if they think they might have COVID-19.
Coronavirus will radically alter the U.S.
When Jason Christie, chief of pulmonary medicine at Penn Medicine, got projections on how many coronavirus patients might soon be flocking to his Philadelphia hospital, he said he felt physically ill.
COVID-19 fallout boosts outlook for long-term infrastructure funding
The fate of a long-term surface transportation funding bill and a bailout of the Highway Trust Fund – which is on the road to insolvency starting next year – may have reversed course as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according to a Capitol Hill insider.
Dallas County issues ‘shelter in place’ order; non-essential businesses ordered to close in-person operations
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued a “shelter-in-place” order on Sunday that will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Monday night and will stay in effect until 11:59 p.m. on April 3. The order comes hours after Gov. Greg Abbott said he would not implement a statewide “shelter-in-place” order, but would instead leave it up […]
US-Mexico Border to Close; Trade Will Keep Moving
Following similar action along the Canadian border, the White House has closed the United States’ border with Mexico to nonessential traffic, but is exempting trade and commerce from the ban.
Here’s how DFW businesses should protect supply chains amid coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis will “impact the mid-market much more than large caps,” one expert said.
Coronavirus brings famine before feast for trans-Pacific container volumes
Just as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads from China to North America, the disruptive impact of the pandemic will shift from worries about securing goods to intensified volume pressures on the containerized supply chain.