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Ocean Shipping Lines Turn to Planes as Supply-Chain Snarls Deepen

Container shipping giant CMA CGM started its own airfreight division last year and continues to add planes. (Photo: Reuters)

For the giants of ocean trade, big ships aren't enough anymore; they need planes, too.

The pandemic, which accelerated the shift toward online shopping, followed by post-lockdown demand and now the war in Ukraine, scrambled the intricate ballet that shipping companies rely on both at sea and in port to deliver goods on time.

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