The U.S. Covid-19 vaccine supply chain is going global. The government plans to share as many as 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with the rest of the world, the WSJ’s Sabrina Siddiqui writes, as an accelerated rollout covers more of the country while parts of the developing world face troubled distribution and surging case numbers. The latest plan comes as coronavirus is ravaging India, with a record number of cases recorded there for five straight days. The new deliveries are part of an increasingly global effort to distribute doses and raw materials out of the U.S. French drugmaker Sanofi says it will make 200 million doses of the Moderna vaccine at its Ridgefield, N.J., plant, starting in September. That should boost vaccine volumes moving by air. Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel International expects its vaccine shipments to grow seven-fold this quarter, from 50 million doses last quarter.

The only thing slowing down Tesla these days may be parts availability. The Silicon Valley car company’s first-quarter sales jumped 74% as it delivered a record quarterly profit, the WSJ’s Rebecca Elliott reports, and the business is on track to expand deliveries by more than 50% this year to nearly half a million vehicles. The growth in the first quarter came despite parts shortages that led the company to briefly shut down its Fremont, Calif., factory in February, adding to the slowdowns in assembly lines across an automotive sector hit by shortfalls in semiconductors. Tesla says it has weathered that storm in part by “pivoting extremely quickly to new microcontrollers.” Tesla has struggled in the past to get its supply chain to match those of the big auto makers, and it faces a new test with plans to roll out its first heavy-duty trucks to customers this year.

China’s crackdown on suspected anti-competitive practices in the e-commerce sector isn’t stopping with Alibaba. Beijing is investigating delivery giant Meituan over suspected antitrust behavior involving the company’s merchants, the WSJ’s Yifan Wang writes, in the latest move by authorities to clamp down on the country’s increasingly powerful tech industry. China’s top market regulator is investigating Hong Kong-listed Meituan for suspected monopolistic actions on its online marketplace. It’s looking at a practice known as “er xuan yi,” or “choose one over two,” which bars merchants from selling their goods on multiple platforms. That exclusivity has been a significant competitive weapon as China’s e-commerce heavyweights have jockeyed for position in the country’s sprawling, fast-growing market. It has also raised concerns. The regulator highlighted the practice in its probe of Alibaba and earlier this month ordered 34 tech firms to revamp their operations, with a focus on similar exclusivity demands.

Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods in the U.S. rose 0.5% in March after a decline in February. (WSJ)

DSV Panalpina is acquiring the logistics division of Kuwait's Agility Public Warehousing in a $4.1 billion deal creating the world’s third-largest freight forwarder. (Reuters)

Energy giant Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, leaving orders for 17 new LNG carriers in limbo. (Dow Jones Newswires)

Apple plans to build a research and engineering hub in North Carolina as part of a series of investments planned in the U.S. (WSJ)

Apple will place a $100 million distribution center outside Indianapolis that will be operated by XPO Logistics. (Indianapolis Star)

Ride-hailing business Lyft is selling its self-driving division to a unit of Toyota for $550 million. (WSJ)

Car dealership chain Lithia Motors is accelerating its pace of regional dealer acquisitions as it looks to bolster its inventory levels. (WSJ)

Nearly half of German manufacturers in a survey reported disruption to the supply of parts or materials in the past month. (Financial Times)

Same-store sales at Albertsons rose 12% last quarter but the grocery chain fell to a $144.2 million net loss. (Dow Jones Newswires)

The Surface Transportation Board ruled Canadian Pacific's proposed takeover of Kansas City Southern can be considered under older, less stringent antitrust guidelines. (Railway Age)

Kansas City Southern’s board will begin talks with Canadian National over the company’s proposed buyout offer. (Progressive Railroading)

A.P. Moller-Maersk sharply raised its 2021 earnings outlook after a preliminary report of strong growth in first-quarter revenue and operating earnings. (ShippingWatch)

Sea-Intelligence expects capacity constraints resulting from the Suez Canal blockage to last into June. (Supply Chain Dive)

An analysis shows that lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran would release as many as 218 tankers into the crude shipping market. (Lloyd’s List)

Georgia’s Port of Savannah is accelerating its capacity expansion plans. (Journal of Commerce)

Kuehne + Nagel International more than doubled its net profit to $348 million on a 22% gain in turnover. (The Loadstar)

Dutch postal provider PostNL raised its outlook after preliminary results showed operating earnings rising sharply. (Post & Parcel)

Alfa Romeo says the complicated logistics behind Formula One racing have grown more challenging under the pandemic. (Planetf1)

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