Costas Paris

Bottlenecks in Southern California are easing, but U.S. West Coast ports expect a surge in container shipments to continue.

Jennifer Smith

Unionized trucking companies could get a lift from a provision of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package that throws a fiscal lifeline to struggling multiemployer pension plans.

Sean McLain in Tokyo, Christopher M. Matthews in Houston and Costas Paris in New York

The extreme weather in Texas and backlogs at California ports have compounded problems during the pandemic by slowing production and supplies for a range of businesses.85

Brooke Henderson | Photographs by Nina Robinson for The Wall Street Journal

Riedell Shoes hasn’t seen demand for its roller skates this strong since people were lacing them up for turns on the dance floor in the disco era of the 1970s.

Jennifer Smith

The owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger has overhauled its inventory management in the wake of the pandemic.

Costas Paris

At least five maritime operators are in talks with the Indian government to buy a majority stake in the country’s biggest shipping company, which could be among the first public entities to be sold in the country’s biggest ever privatization drive.

Jennifer Smith

The market for cold storage is heating up as the largest players in temperature-controlled warehousing move deeper into global food supply chains.

Costas Paris

While supply-chain experts are stepping up talk about moving manufacturing to new sites, container ship operators are putting down big bets that the world’s factory floor will remain in China.

Jennifer Smith

The global semiconductor crunch is reaching assembly lines for heavy-duty trucks, as the shortfall in chips and other components hits manufacturers trying to fill surging orders from operators of big rigs.