A shipping container ship can be rerouted around a blocked strait. A truck that can't get through a congested port gate is a harder problem to solve. That…
By Charles Weber · Ports · Sep 3, 2026 · 3 min readA container due in Basel by barge this month may need three transport modes just to arrive on schedule. With the Rhine's benchmark gauge at Kaub dropping…
By K.R. Samiksha · Freight · Aug 31, 2026
A vessel schedule slips by four days. The cargo is financed, the buyer's credit line is already drawn against goods still at sea, and the lender finds out…
By K.R. Samiksha · Warehousing · Aug 31, 2026
The most consequential improvements in fleet operations rarely arrive as dramatic breakthroughs. More often, they emerge through better registration…
By Charles Weber · Fleets · Aug 30, 2026
Many supply chain and warehouse operators still think cargo theft starts with a pair of bolt cutters. That image is mostly wrong, and this persistent…
By Chris Brumett, CPO Terminal Industries · Security · Aug 30, 2026
Yard management continues to expose one of the most persistent operational bottlenecks in modern logistics. Despite heavy investments in transportation…
By The Supply Chainer · Podcast · Aug 30, 2026
For small ecommerce businesses, the most consequential supply chain decision often happens before a product is ever listed. Selecting the wrong item or…
By Hannah Kohr · Automation · Aug 30, 2026
As of August 12, 2026, the European Union has a new packaging regime: the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, or PPWR, is now directly applicable…
By Aanchal Ghatak · Packaging · Aug 30, 2026
Food waste is often framed as a sustainability problem, but its causes lie deep within operational decision-making. In the latest Resilient Supply Chain…
By The Supply Chainer · Podcast · Aug 26, 2026
Trucks queued at the Port of Wilmington while clerks worked gate transactions by hand. Nothing had happened to a crane, a chassis or a gate reader. An…
By K.R. Samiksha · Ports · Aug 26, 2026
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency detained 16,755 shipments valued at $3.69 billion from June 2022 to July 2025 under…
By Alex Badmington · Tariffs & Taxation · Aug 26, 2026
A compliance officer at a mid-sized European exporter opens her inbox on August 13 to find a supplier declaration missing a required PFAS test result.…
By K.R. Samiksha · Warehousing · Aug 24, 2026
As LTL carrier networks become more selective and capacity grows harder to secure, logistics providers are discovering that waiting until shipments are…
By Alex Badmington · Transportation · Aug 24, 2026
The shift from 10% Section 122 tariffs to 12.5% Section 301 rates has not triggered the broad landed-cost remodeling many expected. Instead, trade…
By Alex Badmington · Tariffs & Taxation · Aug 24, 2026
The Supply Chainer is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for The Supply Chainer Awards 2026, our year-end program recognizing the most…
By Hannah Kohr · 2026 Awards · Aug 21, 2026
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency completed 71 audits in March 2025 alone, identifying $310 million in lapsed duties and fees,…
By Alex Badmington · Tariffs & Taxation · Aug 21, 2026
The erosion of duty-free thresholds is turning cross-border parcel shipping into a more complex operational problem for e-commerce retailers, particularly…
By K.R. Samiksha · Shipping · Aug 21, 2026
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