Ships will not surge back into the Strait of Hormuz in a single triumphant wave; they will tiptoe through a narrow, priced, and policed corridor where politics, insurance, and preparation decide who moves first. That is the essential tension facing energy markets, governments, and supply chain
From pilots to prime time, a new operational threshold crystalized the shift: millions of verified robot tasks, sustained uptime across campuses, warehouses, and sidewalks, and measurable media reach turned autonomy from showcase to staple in day-to-day operations. The signal was not novelty but
Rohit Laila has spent decades in the trenches of supply chain and delivery, building and operating systems that have to work every single day, at scale. He’s equally at home on a dock floor listening to a sorter hum as he is in a war room studying dashboards. In this conversation, he shares how AI
Shippers braced for another cost hike when April Singapore kerosene touched $214.01 per barrel, yet Japan Airlines held its international cargo fuel surcharge flat for May 1–15 and, in doing so, signaled a pricing strategy built on stability today and speed tomorrow. This move did more than
Confidence in uninterrupted summer flying suddenly felt fragile as risks around the Strait of Hormuz, rising premiums on refined products, and jittery spot markets collided with airlines’ thin margins and tight schedules across major European hubs. Brussels responded with the AccelerateEU plan,
Tariff math that once hid in the margins now sat on the front page of every small and midsize P&L, and the most visible response was unapologetic price pass-through backed by sharper planning discipline. A recent supply chain survey indicated that 82% of SMBs now pushed tariff-related costs to
