Natural gas prices are starting the summer nearly twice as high as they were a year ago. (WSJ)
Singapore’s exports rose 8.8% on an annual basis in May, far behind expectations. (MarketWatch)
Producer prices in Germany surged 1.5% from April to May. (Dow Jones Newswires)
A Brussels court ruled that AstraZeneca isn’t required to accelerate deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union. (WSJ)
Chinese is intensifying antitrust scrutiny of domestic internet companies including ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing and food-delivery service Meituan. (WSJ)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga named bolstering the domestic semiconductor supply chain as a major priority in his first economic plan. (Nikkei Asia)
The U.S. Postal Service is proposing cost savings by slowing the delivery of parcels traveling over longer distances. (DC Velocity)
Direct-to-consumer online retailer Glossier will start opening physical stores after closing all its locations during the pandemic. (Retail Dive)
Shipping and environmental groups were frustrated by the lack of progress on carbon emissions at an International Maritime Organization environmental meeting. (Lloyd’s List)
Mitsubishi HC Capital is buying New York-traded sea container leasing company CAI International. (gCaptain)
Argentine port worker unions staged a 24-hour strike to press for vaccinations against the coronavirus. (Splash 247))
China Development Bank Leasing is buying 10 product and chemical tankers from Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding. (Seatrade Maritime)
Multipurpose-vessel owners aren’t ordering new ships despite tight capacity in the market. (Journal of Commerce)
Amazon’s management of people has grown more strained under the pandemic, burning through workers, resulting in inadvertent firings and impeding communication. (New York Times)
Amazon will place an 820,000-square-foot fulfillment center on the site of a shuttered mall in Baton Rouge, La. (Progressive Grocer)
Housewares supplier Helen of Troy plans to build a 2 million-square-foot distribution center northeast of Memphis, Tenn. (Daily Memphian)
Walmart is seeking to patent its automated just-in-time inventory replenishment system. (Supply Chain Dive)
Food and alcohol delivery service Gopuff acquired fleet management platform rideOS for $115 million. (TechCrunch)
The El Pollo Loco restaurant chain will launch drone delivery in Southern California in a service with Flytrex called Air Loco. (Restaurant Dive)
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