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FILE - Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
May 6, 2025

US trade deficit hits record high as businesses, consumers try to get ahead of Trump tariffs

U.S. trade deficit surged to a record $140.5B in March as businesses raced to import goods ahead of sweeping Trump tariffs, dragging on GDP growth.

Apr 30, 2025

Tariffs spark uncertainty for Virginia port and shippers

Shipping and logistics companies and related maritime industries worry about the impacts of President Trump's global trade war and international tariffs. In a worst-case scenario, long-term tariffs on imports and exports would have a cascading effect, accumulating downstream across the economy, economists say.

Apr 30, 2025

New logistics centers boost Virginia’s supply chain edge

Four major logistics hubs, including Amazon and Port 460, open across Virginia in 2024, enhancing East Coast distribution and supply chain access.

Apr 30, 2025

Executive insights: Maritime leaders on tariffs, workforce development and more

DONALD MILLS President and general manager, Mills Marine & Ship Repair, Suffolk Virginia Business: How did you move from being employed at Huntington Ingalls Industries and Newport News Shipbuilding to starting your own business? Mills: At HII, I gained extensive hands-on experience, comprehensive industry insights and valuable professional relationships. This tenure taught me critical technic[...]

Amazon Virginia Beach delivery station
Apr 30, 2025

Amazon holds grand opening for Virginia Beach delivery station

Amazon on Tuesday announced that it had officially opened its new 200,000-plus square-foot delivery station in Virginia Beach. The facility, located at 2201 Harpers Rd, is Amazon’s 17th delivery station in Virginia and the sixth site in Hampton Roads

FILE - A UPS driver enters a United Parcel Service store with packages in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 26, 2021.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Apr 29, 2025

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it pulls back from Amazon

United Parcel Service is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles. The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year. It anticipates closing 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June. […]

L to R: Mike Kindy and Roxanne Weng. Photo courtesy Dollar Tree
Apr 28, 2025

Dollar Tree names chief supply chain officer

Walgreens' former chief supply chain officer has started as Dollar Tree's chief supply chain officer effective Monday, the Chesapeake Fortune 500 discount retailer announced. Roxanne Weng succeeds Mike Kindy, who is retiring.

Apr 23, 2025

Tariff turmoil: How Tesla and other companies are dealing with the uncertainty of the trade war

Uncertain tariffs and trade tensions challenge Tesla, Akzo Nobel, and Boston Scientific as they navigate rising costs and shifting global markets.

With President Donald Trump promising new tariffs in April 2025, Virginia maritime experts are looking ahead to what the future may hold for the industry. Photo courtesy Port of Virginia
Apr 1, 2025

If Trump tariffs linger, Va. maritime industry will feel pain, experts say

With President Donald Trump‘s self-branded “Liberation Day” anticipated to bring a rollout of new tariffs April 2 that Trump says will free the United States of dependence on foreign-made goods, many businesses and citizens are wondering what will happen next, with skyrocketing consumer prices and supply costs among their worries. On Monday, the president said he […]

Dec 31, 2024

MADE IN THE USA: What Trump presidency could mean for manufacturing 

When a new presidential administration is elected, the future becomes a guessing game.  In the four years following Donald Trump‘s ascendancy to the presidency on Jan. 20, businesses and consumers will be forced to adjust to new policies affecting supply chain and distribution channels, which could create opportunities and challenges for the U.S. economy.  For […]

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Jul 30, 2024

ODU names inaugural director of supply chain/logistics school

Old Dominion University has named Kuntal Bhattacharyya as inaugural director of its new School of Supply Chain, Logistics and Maritime Operations (SSCLMO), the university announced Tuesday.  Previously, Bhattacharyya worked as project director of Indiana State University’s Logistics 4.0 Innovation Hub, where students study artificial intelligence, machine learning and the management of logi[...]

Apr 29, 2024

Watercourse of study

Starting this fall, Old Dominion University students will have a new interdisciplinary school dedicated to maritime work, logistics and supply chain management — an upgrade from an earlier program offered through the Strome College of Business. In September 2023, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved ODU‘s School of Supply Chain, Logistics, […]

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