The Suez Canal Blockade and the Effect on Your Supply Chain
March 23rd was a day everybody in supply chain and logistics will remember for a long time. The Ever Given, a 400-meter long container ship, ran aground in the Suez Canal. The Ever Given is a Gold-class container ship with a capacity of 20,000 containers. What caused the vessel to run aground is still under investigation, but the heavy winds were a factor for sure.
Trade Deals Around the World: October Edition 2020
Trade Deals Around the World is our monthly recurring update, which gives you a quick and easy overview of what has been happening in the many trade deal negotiations going on around the world.
Whether it is an effect of the pandemic or something else, we don’t know for sure. It has been relatively quiet on the trade deal front. Main players in this month’s edition are Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union of course.