Global supply chain

Global supply chain

A coastguard boat approaches an Indian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, Shivalik, as it arrives at Mundra Port via the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Gujarat, India, 16 March, 2026. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Hormuz closure disrupts key global supply chains

The impact of the conflict extends beyond fuel. A wide range of essential chemicals, gases and other products that normally move through the Strait of Hormuz are also affected

Debapriya Bhattacharya. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh's garment sector reforms driven by global supply chain pressure: Debapriya

File Photo: A ship is docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 23, 2017. -REUTERS

How will global trade be impacted by Red Sea avoidance?

Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US.Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

Fresh fragility in global trade set to be revealed in 2023

Shipping containers are seen are at a terminal of the Port of Oakland, California, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Global supply stress eases in July to 1-1/2 year low, NY Fed's index shows

Truckers protest at the Port of Oakland in California, US, on 18 July.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

World’s key workers threaten to hit economy where it will hurt

Supply chains inching back to normal; brace for headwinds of softer demand

Supply chains inching back to normal; brace for headwinds of softer demand

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS

PM Hasina for fixing global supply chains to rein in prices

From sneakers to Teslas, China lockdowns upend global supply chains

From sneakers to Teslas, China lockdowns upend global supply chains

Though officials believe the worst may be over, it may take months to untangle the global transportation system linking factories to consumers. Photo: Bloomberg

Global supply chain crisis flares up again where it all began

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters

China's widening Covid curbs threaten global supply chain paralysis

Global supply lines brace for ‘menacing’ economic storm to widen

Global supply lines brace for ‘menacing’ economic storm to widen

A freight train carrying medical supplies bound for Madrid departs the city of Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang Province, in June 2020.Photographer: Lyu Bin/Xinhua/Getty Images

China-Europe rail lines become supply chain’s latest problem