The latest in logistics and supply chain news.

The fast food chain struggles with beverage stock whilst Nando's have closed restaurants due to chicken shortages.

Hauliers that are finding their most experienced drivers being poached away by better pay and working conditions are imposing 'driver retention surcharges' to offset the cost of their most vital resource.

China officials have made the decision to partially close a terminal at the Port of Ningbo, after a single Covid-19 case was confirmed last Wednesday.

A nationwide strike amongst UK lorry drivers is currently planned for 23rd August causing major concern over how this will impact essential deliveries to shops and petrol stations.

The Port of Felixstowe said 2,000 containers were being unloaded by crane and the process would take about 24 hours. Many keen shipping enthusiasts and ship-spotters flocked to the waterfront to watch the highly anticipated moment that the Ever Given arrived.

Issues in the maritime sector in particular are significant, as any impact can cause drastic knock on effects throughout the route. Current market conditions are brutal, and perhaps the most challenging times that this sector has ever faced.