Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a 'wakeup call' for the USMatthew Livelsberger, a decorated Army Green Beret, fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck, which then exploded outside the Trump hotel...
04 Jan, 2025, 08.05 AM IST
Lithium battery fire halts work at Los Angeles, Long Beach port terminalsThe episode unfolded as dockworkers at major container ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts appear increasingly likely to go on strike whe...
28 Sep, 2024, 11.00 AM IST
Chinese civilian vessels could prove a military menaceThomas Shugart warned that China could use container ships for unexpected missile attacks on US targets. He noted that Chinese state-owned ...
27 Aug, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
South Africa's broken ports: World no. 2 citrus export industry under threatSouth African citrus farms face export issues due to Transnet SOC Ltd's inefficiencies, causing reliance on trucking to Durban.
05 Jul, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
Baltimore bridge collapse: The 5 minutes that brought down the Francis Scott Key BridgeThe Key Bridge disaster, caused by the cargo ship Dali, resulted in a deadly collapse impacting the Port of Baltimore. The incident involve...
29 Mar, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Catastrophic consequences threaten to impact cars to coalA catastrophic bridge collapse in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge leaves six presumed dead, disrupts 2.5 million tons of coal and car ...
28 Mar, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
Baltimore bridge collapse to cause logistics headaches, not supply chain crisisThe impact on the Port of Baltimore's more than 2,000 workers who load and unload cargo vessels could be significant if the closure lasts m...
28 Mar, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
Cargo ship hits Baltimore's Key Bridge, bringing it down. Rescuers are looking for people in waterA container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing a section of the bridge to collapse into th...
26 Mar, 2024, 06.10 PM IST
West Coast port disruptions to extend to Tuesday amid labor riftWest Coast dockworkers and their employers have been holding labor contract negotiations for over a year, with the occasional slowdown or w...
06 Jun, 2023, 09.19 AM IST
Bulging warehouses, 28,000 idle containers herald new supply woeResponsible for 42% of all containerized trade with Asia, the US’s largest hubs of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California are de...
29 Jun, 2022, 09.27 AM IST
Companies are rethinking their supply chain networks after CovidDisturbances will continue into next year because the global supply chain is so fragile post Covid that any event, small or big, will affec...
22 Jun, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
LA Port empty-container problem ‘becoming worse,’ trucking group saysThe US supply chain has strained under record-breaking demand because of growing e-commerce, worker and truck-chassis shortages and a shift...
11 Dec, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
Freight-cost pain intensifies as pandemic rocks ocean shippingIndia was also caught up in the freight-rate issue, but its export lobby group said that the container shortage has eased to some extent on...
05 Feb, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Bottlenecks wear down world economy’s fleet of container shipsThe world’s top container line, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, this month called the challenges “the most dramatic stress test of the past 75 year...
23 Dec, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
China’s empire of money is reshaping lives across new Silk RoadIf Xi's ambitions become a reality, Beijing will cement its position at the center of a new world economic order.
04 Aug, 2018, 07.10 AM IST
- Vizag Cargo to start ops at $150 mn Vizag coal terminal
VGCB is a 74:26 joint venture between Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd and Leighton Welspun Contractors Private Ltd.
30 Jan, 2013, 09.15 PM IST
- Ireland uncorked
The welcome message handed over to us at our hotel in Dublin soothed our tired nerves, as we arrived past noon. The weather was wickedly de...
12 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST