When cargo falls into the sea, it becomes an accidental ocean currents experiment.
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Labor market disruptions, supply chain strains and the war in Ukraine have taken a toll everywhere.
An expert on global supply chains explains why shortages of many products have persisted throughout the pandemic.
Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.
Thousands of shipping containers are lost at sea each year, dispersing Lego, inkjet cartridges and rubber ducks across the world’s beaches.
Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.
Driven by the promise of efficiency, container ships have grown to monstrous proportions over the past 15 years.
The Suez Canal is the ideal target for causing maximum disruption to global trade.
As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
An industrial dispute on Australia’s ports has been billed as ‘extortion’ by the Prime Minister. But the unions call this ‘fake news’.
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth
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Director, Ocean Policy Program, Duke University
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Assistant Professor, Teaching, Global Supply Chain Management, Wayne State University
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Professor of Environmental Science, Stockholm University
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security, University of Plymouth
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Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth
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Professor, Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability Science, Stockholm University
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Industrial Researcher, University of Plymouth