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  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Container shipping
    Maersk warns real work to clear Suez backlog has only just begun

    World’s largest shipping company says global supply chains are likely to be disrupted until second half of May

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Container shipping
    Liners smash decade-old record for container ship orders

    Bumper month sign of industry’s confidence in booming global trade following pandemic

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Special ReportRethinking Supply Chains
    Companies try to cut geopolitical risk from supply chains

    Samsung’s experience highlights the threat of becoming caught between superpowers

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Special ReportRethinking Supply Chains
    Shipping groups prepare for more ‘black swan’ events after Suez blockage

    Container companies buy into other parts of the supply chain, including warehousing and distribution

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    News in-depthSpecial Report2 min
    How Covid has strained the world's ports

    Shipping routes have seen logjams and freight costs have soared

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal trade
    Europe’s ports set for wave of activity as Suez backlog is cleared

    Operators seek to minimise supply chain disruption caused by six-day blockage

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Boskalis: the go-to company when you ground your ship in the Suez Canal

    Rescue of the Ever Given has shone a spotlight on little-known Dutch dredging group

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Does Suez Canal blockage spell time for the ever-larger vessel? Premium

    Ever Given is finally unstuck but incident is likely to have repercussions for megaships

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    Suez Canal ship finally free in boost for global trade

    Ever Given moving again with traffic along key waterway getting under way on Monday evening

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    Supply chains
    Suez blockage will accelerate global supply chain shift, says Maersk chief

    Soren Skou points to a move away from just-in-time sourcing model

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Mysterious trades, Suez Canal ripples, Amazon union vote

    Archegos Capital was behind billions of dollars in share sales that captivated Wall Street

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    Sisi orders preparations for unloading stricken Suez ship

    Efforts reaching critical point if high tides and more dredging fail in next few days

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    ExplainerContainer shipping
    Too big to sail? The debate over huge container ships

    Shipowners say gigantic vessels are more efficient but some may be starting to downsize

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    US offers to help Egypt unblock Suez Canal

    Largest shipping group says air the only option for essential goods as companies fret over risks to cargo

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    The Big Read
    New Suez crisis: a global economy creaking under the strain

    Stuck container ship symbolises the problems many supply chains are facing after a year-long pandemic

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    Suez Canal clearance could take ‘weeks’, says salvage company

    Prolonged shutdown of vital trade route risks severe disruption to supply chains

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    FT AlphavilleBrendan Greeley
    The bank effect and the big boat blocking the Suez

    Perhaps it was the wind. But in hydrodynamics, size matters.

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Vaccine tension, Suez blocked, Facebook espionage, Himalayan crisis

    The UK and EU have moved to calm tensions over access to coronavirus jabs

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Suez Canal blocked after container ship runs aground

    Tailback of vessels threatens to disrupt global trade flows and worsen container shortage

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    LexSupply chains
    Suez Canal/supply chains: stuck ship sinks trade flows Premium

    With so many glitches occurring, expect companies to order more supplies to ensure inventory cushions

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Claire Jones
    Pandemic reveals weak links in global supply chain

    Vaccine nationalism, Brexit and US-China tensions reflect a political environment more hostile to global trade

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Supply chains
    Unvaccinated sailors risk deepening global supply chain crisis

    Shipping industry warns that half of world’s sailors are from countries where vaccine rollout is slow

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Ships to compete with planes for vaccine deliveries, says Maersk

    Container group says jab supply likely to outstrip air freight capacity by middle of the year

  • Saturday, 13 March, 2021
    Nigeria
    Nigerian pirates rampage across west African waters

    Shipping industry calls for more action to curb attacks as Gulf of Guinea accounts for majority of world’s kidnapped sailors

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Don’t expect shipping costs to buoy inflation Premium

    Surge in freight rates may be passed on to consumers but any shock is likely to be a one-off

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