Container Shortage No Longer Limited for Global Trade
Triton CEO affirms container shortage is no longer ‘limiter for global trade’, reports FreightWaves.
Global supply chain crisis
For a telling window on the global supply chain crisis, watch the market for the containers themselves: the...
Omicron Hits January Volumes, Freight Rates Still High
Freight shipments fell 7.4% seasonally adjusted from December to January, reports FreightWaves quoting a Monday report from Cass Information Systems.
The volumes component of the Cass Freight Index was also 2.9% lower year-over-year. The report...
Popular Super Bowl Ad Crashes System
Coinbase's Super Bowl ad generated 20 million hits and temporarily crashed its site.
New Coinbase customers were able to get $15 in Bitcoin if they signed up before Feb. 15.
Coinbase crashes after popular...
Is The US Prepared To Join The Russia-Ukraine Conflict?
Joe Biden’s speech sounded like a closing argument, one that had been honed for some time and one that suggested expectations are still high in the White House that Russia will take military action,...
Here’s Why NFTs May Be The Next Era Of Licensing Technology?
Non-fungible tokens are tokens that represent digital ownership. Proof that you own something. They aren't a right-click-wins-all situation, since it's harder to copy a 3D asset or specific audio file. Bitcoin and Ethereum use...
Disneyland Back on Track For The Fully Vaccinated
The most magical and happiest places on Earth are ditching masks for fully vaccinated guests starting Thursday, reports CNN.
Walt Disney’s update for the vaccinated
According to an update posted to Walt Disney World's website on...
Will Omicron Lead To Severe Neurological Complications?
Omicron may lead to neurological complications.
Omicron is a variant of the SARS-CoV-2—which had been known to affect the brain.
The predominant symptoms of Omicron include headache, lethargy, throat pain, dry cough, fever,...
This Country Gives Green Light To Growing Cannabis at Home
Thailand's narcotics board on Tuesday said it would remove cannabis from its drugs list.
Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize marijuana in 2018 for medical use and research..
Under the...
Russia Invasion Plan Thwarted By Omicron Surge
Russia recorded 180,456 cases of the Covid strain, with almost 700 deaths.
Ukraine, almost 17,000 cases were recorded on February 14, with 142 deaths.
Vaccine skepticism is said to be high in both...
US Crude Exports To Asia Give VLCCs Hope
The US is ramping up oil production with much of the exports bound for Asia, something that will see tonne-mile demand improve for the hard pressed VLCC sector, according to new analysis from tanker...