In the last week of September, the production line of a solder company in Kunshan was silent. In previous years, the factory was busy, stocking up for the National Day holiday. However, due to strict local power restrictions, they have temporarily had…
Freight ships sitting off the coast of California in January. US ports have experienced some of the worst bottlenecks in morethan a decade throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty-four container ships are stuck outside California ports, worsening shipp…
Consumer price rises loom while dearth of semiconductors slow production from Samsung to FordFord recently cancelled shifts at two car plants and said profits could be hit by $1bn to $2.5bn due to chip shortages. Photograph: Krystian Nawrocki/Getty Im…
image copyright EPAimage captionMore than 230 ships are waiting to enter the Suez Canal, through which all navigation has been suspendedThe blockage of Egypts Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" in the Red Sea, ac…
Good news on reopening dates for events has been coming out of Europe over the past week, with Switzerland moving to allow events for more than 1,000 from 1 September.
