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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

With the rise in global crude oil production and relative political stability in the major oil producing nations, particularly Iraq and Libya, the price of crude oil has fallen from above $100 a barrel to around $50 a barrel in just a year. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Libya, Iraq, Russia, and Venezuela have all seen incredible political turmoil as significant oil producers, yet diesel prices have stayed in a tight range for the last 12 months and are currently $0.065 per gallon cheaper than this time last year.

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U.A.E stops shipments to Libya

Logistics Middle East

Ocean & airline transport of shipments from UAE to Libya suspended.'

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Armed clashes force closure of Libya's main airport

Logistics Middle East

Civil unrest rages on as two parties fight for control over Libya.'

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OPEC May Need to Cut Again as Fragile Members Recover, Citi Says

Supply Chain Brain

Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria and Venezuela will add roughly 900,000 barrels a day of production this year and at least the same in 2024, the bank estimates.

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Warships rescue thousands off Libya coast

Logistics Middle East

Children as young as two and heavily pregnant women have been saved from overcrowded boats ferrying migrants from Libya to Italy.

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700 people feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

Logistics Middle East

The UN''s refugee agency says a fishing boat smuggling migrants to Europe capsized off Libya.'

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