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Freight trains frequently stop and block the roads of York, Ala., sometimes cutting off two neighborhoods for hours. Emergency services and health care workers can’t get in, and those trapped inside can’t get out.“People’s livelihoods are…

A truck-driver strike in South Korea has stretched into a seventh day, forcing the country’s manufacturers to scale back production and slowing traffic at its ports.On Monday, the country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the…

Britain’s P&O Ferries slashed 800 jobs on a Zoom call in an effort to cut losses, triggering protests that confined ships to port and disrupted English Channel crossings as fired workers refused to leave their…

Russian ships banned from docking in Britain. Cargo containers piling up at European ports. Airfreight rerouted around Ukraine and Russia.Just as the global economy was on track to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s invasion of…

After two years of the pandemic, semiconductor shortages and supply chain chaos, it seemed like nothing else could go wrong for the auto industry and the millions of people it employs. But then came thousands of truckers who, angry about…

Thousands descended on Parliament Hill Saturday as part of the so-called “freedom convoy” to air grievances against COVID-19 public health measures, vaccine mandates and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Traffic was snarled by big…

Travelers wait in line to check-in for flights at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAirlines canceled hundreds of additional U.S.…

British drivers expressed frustration on Tuesday as they hunted for hours or sat snarled in queues to fill their tanks after gas stations in major cities ran dry due to a trucker shortage that has prompted the government to put the army on…