An expert explains: How COVID-19 exposed the fragility of global supply chains

Jul 30, 2021

Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, sets sail to leave at the Suez Canal after the canal authority reached a settlement with the vessel's owner and insurers, in Ismailia, Egypt, July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC2LFO98X8GR

More than 3,000 shipping containers were lost overboard in 2020. Image: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC2LFO98X8GR

Glenn McGillivray

Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University

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