“Ultimately, it’s still going to come back to the primary issues of risk and safety," that shippers have to evaluate.

MSC plans a new service linking Europe with isolated Middle East ports, using trucking across Saudi Arabia and smaller vessels in the Persian Gulf.

The largest U.S. ports said rising supply chain uncertainty is affecting the flow of goods into the country, complicating forecasting and import comparisons.

Amazon on April 29 reported a strong increase in profit and net sales during the first quarter, helped by surging growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.

Revenue dipped 11%, with the transpacific route seeing the biggest growth decline.

For the first three years of the AI boom, Amazon watched as cloud customers seeking the latest and greatest from OpenAI took their business to Microsoft.

UPS pressed ahead with an ongoing transformation strategy while contending with a challenging first quarter, the company reported April 28.

Walmart raised $4.25 billion from a high-grade bond offering, boosting the size of the deal amid a flood of issuance that was mostly well received.

Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future.

Consumers fail to recognize the impact of crises until a single event — such as a major plant closure — triggers “broader uproar,” DHL CEO Tobias Meyer said.