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Vaccine Mandates for US, Canadian and Mexican Truck Drivers: Disruption of Supply Chains. Food Shortages in Canada
In case you have been under a rock, you likely noticed that there is a bit of a problem with the American supply chain -- and the rest of the world in general.
The breakdown of global supply chains is well-known by now. Whether it's finding groceries in your supermarket, buying a new car or buying appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators, goods are scarce. Also, deliveries take forever and choices ar
The U.S. will close its borders to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated Canadian and Mexican truck drivers on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
I, Brian Wang, made a video that puts together evidence that Tesla has already largely solved its battery supply problem. It is not 4680 batteries. It is not a solution that is coming later in the year.
China shut down its largest port. The largest US railroad is threatening to strike. Truckers and workers are quitting in droves. The supply chain is experiencing a perfect storm.
Over the past month, as Wall Street turned increasingly optimistic on US growth alongside the Fed, with consensus (shaped by the Fed's leaks and jawboning) now virtually certain of a March rate hike, we have been repeatedly warning that after a huge
Lack of chips produces "no negative effects on print quality," Canon says.
Shipping giant FedEx is blaming the omicron variant for delays in package delivery. On Friday, the company said that rising cases of Omicron variant has caused staff shortage and delay in shipments transported on aircraft.
I warned you that things would get even worse in 2022, and that is exactly what is happening.
Supply chain disruptions have not been resolved, and it's not clear when they will be. You're seeing the effects of these disruptions at the store in the forms of shortages and higher prices.
Concentration is increasing prices and keeping them high. The ammunition duopoly and the "Great Ammunition Shortage" is just one example.
Concentration is increasing prices and keeping them high. The ammunition duopoly and the "Great Ammunition Shortage" is just one example.
Tire shops in the US complain about a tire shortage. They say snarled supply chains have put the overseas rubber industry in limbo, and by the time the tires are shipped to the US West Coast, port congestion adds weeks until they arrive at warehouses
Delivery times for chips jumped in December, signaling the semiconductor shortage is worsening into the new year, according to research by Susquehanna Financial Group.
You have no doubt heard about the "chip" (semiconductor) shortage – referring to the bits of silicon that are critical to the myriad electronic operations of a modern, computer-controlled vehicle – and that it is the shortage of these "chip
The world lost 11.3 million units of production in 2021 because of the chip shortage, according to AutoForecast Solutions. IHS predicts chip shortages will mean 7 million fewer cars in 2022 and 1.6 million in 2023.
Canada and US impose vaccine requirements for cross-border travel
All of the shortages were supposed to be gone by now. During the first half of 2021, the blind optimists were assuring us that by the end of the year the pandemic would be over, the spike in inflation would have proven to be "transitory", the gl
What's at the root of the supply chain breakdown? That's a critical question but the answer is almost irrelevant. The supply chain is a complex dynamic system of immense scale. It is of a complexity comparable to the climate as a system.
A Record 96 Containerships Are Waiting To Dock At SoCal Ports
- with nearly 100 ships waiting to berth - despite port officials claiming number had HALVED
By one measure, the number of container ships stuck waiting offshore of Los Angeles and Long Beach has plummeted. The logjam hit a peak of 86 container ships offshore on Nov. 16, according to data from the Marine Exchange of Southern California. A we
It's not the business of the U.S. federal government to "stockpile" anything. But as usual with government, the "emergency" and "fear" cards are used as excuses for it to stockpile oil. However, we know not only from theory, but from practical experi
Joe Biden Releases 50 Million Barrels of Oil from National Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Gas Prices Keep Rising
The global energy crisis has led to a spike in natural gas, heating oil, propane, and power prices, making the cost of heating a home this fall/winter very expensive.
Officials from the British Standards Institution (BSI) say that there is now a "significant number" of criminal organizations masquerading as legitimate warehousing, transport or distribution companies.
The flood of import containers into Southern California continues unabated -- an all-time high 81 container ships were stuck offshore of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday.
With the four-week-old strike at Deere & Co. factories exacerbating an already acute shortage of new tractors, the used market is the only place for many desperate farmers to turn.