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A toll and promises of safe passage raise complicated questions for the shipping industry, eager to rescue crews and cargoes stuck in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S.'s busiest port complex in southern California has more demand than it can handle - and that's left smaller hubs along the nation's coastline angling for some of that business. After dealing with supply chain issues of its own over the summer, Cal

Amazon.com Inc. warned Wall Street that it will have to spend billions of dollars hiring workers, paying them more and even speeding partly empty trucks to their destinations to ensure that supply chain snarls don't derail the holiday shopping season. The

Somewhere in the world's busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes, waiting for a ride to the U.S. It's been on the dock for months, trapped by typhoons and Covid outbreaks that have worsened major congestio

Alphabet Inc.'s drone-delivery venture, Wing, is releasing free software for U.S. drone users to get permission to fly near sensitive areas such as airports. The entry of Wing, which is using its corporate cousin Google's mapping expertise, instantly make

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean as pressure to speed deliveries raises the risk of safe