U.S. durable-goods orders rose 2.3% in May as April’s growth was revised upward. (WSJ)
New U.S. worker filings for new unemployment claims slipped by 7,000. (WSJ)
Pork prices in China have fallen by half since January. (WSJ)
The Teamsters union approved a resolution designed to help organize Amazon workers. (WSJ)
The White House will bar imports from China’s Xinjiang region of materials used in making solar panels. (WSJ)
Dynamo Ventures raised roughly $43 million for a fund focused on supply chain and logistics startups. (WSJ)
Electric-vehicle component supplier Luminar Technologies plans to increase production of its sensors. (WSJ)
Food giant Archer Daniels Midland is shoring up defenses against what it views as inevitable cyberattacks. (WSJ)
Russia is limiting natural gas sales to European customers, helping drive prices to a 13-year high. (Financial Times)
Amazon is adding regional turboprop freighters from ATR to its air cargo fleet. (The Air Current)
Garment factories in Sri Lanka are struggling to keep up with resurgent orders as they cope with a new Covid-19 wave. (Sourcing Journal)
U.S. business logistics spending fell 4% to $1.56 trillion last year but transportation spending rose 0.8%. (Logistics Management)
Risk-management firm Interos says supply-chain disruptions are costing large companies an average of $184 million annually. (Port Technology)
U.S. transportation officials met with shipping and retail executives on persistent port congestion. (Journal of Commerce)
Hapag-Lloyd suspended a service at the Port of Rotterdam because of growing port congestion and schedule disruptions. (S&P Global Platts)
Congestion at European ports is triggering barge backups on the continent’s inland waterways. (The Loadstar)
Singapore shipyards Keppel and Sembcorp Marine are in merger talks. (ShippingWatch)
A semiconductor materials supplier says companies risk overbuilding capacity as they expand production to meet a global chip shortage. (Nikkei Asia)
China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding received orders for 14 ships that include mostly mid-size and smaller container ships. (Lloyd’s List)
Barge operator Bouchard Transportation will seek creditor approval for a bankruptcy reorganization plan that includes selling its assets. (Reuters)
Digital freight broker Convoy named longtime Amazon executive Dorothy Li as chief technology officer. (GeekWire)
Alibaba logistics arm Cainiao started direct airfreight service between Hong Kong and Lagos, Nigeria. (The Loadstar)
Canadian passenger airline Westjet is starting a freighter division. (Canadian Press)
A survey showed women under age 40 in supply chain jobs reported higher salaries on average than their male counterparts last year. (DC Velocity)
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