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Published: March 24, 2026 The rules of global trade are being rewritten in real time. Global supply chain disruption is no longer an exception — it is the operating condition. This is not a cycle. It is a structural shift — and the companies that recognize it early will be the ones that survive it. The Background You Cannot Ignore The War That Won't Stay Regional When the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February 2026, the immediate focus was on the S

Published: March 12, 2026 Just six weeks ago, we published an analysis of container shipping's biggest structural transformation in a decade. The article outlined what happened in 2025—alliance restructuring, new network configurations, the Suez Canal's gradual reopening—and what to expect in 2026. The conclusion was cautiously optimistic: if networks held stable and disruptions stayed manageable, 2026 could be a year of operational normalization. Then February 28 happened. I