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Category: Disruption Report

  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report #8: When It Comes to Container Ships, Big Is Not Better

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 5, 2021April 22, 2021

MORE CARGO OVERBOARD One of the questions I keep getting is: “Why do containers keep…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report #7: Plastic Prices Spike, More Containers Overboard, and the Suez Canal is Unplugged

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 29, 2021April 22, 2021

Plastic Prices Near Record Highs In The Disruption Report #6, I wrote that Texas’s deep…

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The Disruption Report #6: Passenger Jets, Bad Weather, Plastic Shortages & More

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 18, 2021April 22, 2021

PASSENGER JETS CONVERTED TO CARRY FREIGHT Prior to Covid, passenger jets carried 60% of all…

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The Disruption Report #5: A Ban on Gender Signage, Chaos in the Supply Chain and Shippers Bet on China

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 9, 2021April 22, 2021

Chaos in the Supply Chain This New York Times Headline says it all: ‘I’ve Never…

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The Disruption Report #4: Orders postponed, tractor-trailers in short supply and some companies are buying their own containers

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 22, 2021April 22, 2021

Some companies are buying their own containers A Bloomberg News article, “Shipping Snarls Force Global…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report #3: Rising Oil Prices, Supply Chain Disruptions and Semi-Conductor Chip Shortages

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 16, 2021February 17, 2021

Rising Oil Prices Oil prices are now at their highest level in a year. As…

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The Disruption Report #2: Chip Shortages and Containers Overboard

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 10, 2021April 22, 2021

This article is the second in our new series, “The Disruption Report.” The number of…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report #1: Cardboard Shortages, Missing Containers and More

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 3, 2021July 21, 2021

The number of challenges facing the toy industry has become so numerous and complex that…

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