Enda Curran and Brendan Murray
Government, Business, Logistics
Shipping containers sit next to gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 11. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
Surging Shipping Rates Pose New Headwind for Global Economy

Shocks to supply chains are engulfing a wider swath of the global economy as the pandemic rages on, threatening to stifle Asia’s trade-led recovery just as soaring freight rates make it harder for businesses to weather another year like 2020.
January 14, 2021