Oliver Telling

United Kingdom

Supply Chain Reporter at Financial Times

Supply chain reporter @FinancialTimes. Covering shipping and logistics, as well as supply chain issues at large companies. oliver.telling(at)https://t.co/1izFdPrJew

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UN passes landmark carbon levy on ships, defying US threats

2 months ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling |Kenza Bryan

Diplomats have passed a UN plan to charge ships at least $100 for every tonne of CO₂ they emit above a decarbonisation target, defying a...
US to retaliate against international carbon levies on ships

2 months ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling

The US has threatened to retaliate against any international levy imposed on ships for their carbon emissions amid crunch talks to agree...
Cars pile up at ports in Trump tariff confusion

2 months ago | afr.com | Patricia Nilsson |Oliver Telling |Kana Inagaki |Arjun Neil Alim

Patricia Nilsson, Oliver Telling, Kana Inagaki and Arjun Neil AlimApr 9, 2025 – 3.41pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Frankfurt | London | Hong Kong | Carmakers are holding thousands of vehicles at US ports and temporarily halting shipments as they seek to minimise the fallout from President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war.
US tariffs cause car import pile-up at American ports

2 months ago | ft.com | Patricia Nilsson |Oliver Telling |Kana Inagaki |Arjun Neil Alim

Carmakers are holding thousands of vehicles at US ports and temporarily halting shipments as they seek to minimise the fallout from...
Shipping groups clash over regulatory cost of using LNG to power vessels

2 months ago | ft.com | Harry Dempsey |Oliver Telling

Mitsui OSK Lines, the world’s second-largest shipowner, has struck back against calls by its rival AP Møller-Maersk to place a higher...
Royal Mail installs parcel lockers in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

2 months ago | ft.com | Laura Onita |Oliver Telling

Royal Mail is installing parcel lockers in Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the UK, as the postal group races to catch up with rivals...
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2 months ago | ft.com | Kana Inagaki |Ian Johnston |Adrienne Klasa |Claire Bushey |Madeleine Speed |Philip Georgiadis | +6 more

US consumers are likely to be hit by the price rises across sectors from aviation to autos
Air freight costs surge as Trump tariffs trigger rush to fly in goods

2 months ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling

The cost of flying goods to the US has surged as businesses rush to get products into the country before they are hit by US President...
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway

2 months ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling |Robert Wright

Danish shipowner AP Møller-Maersk has acquired a railway connecting the ports at either end of the Panama Canal, in a deal that loosens...
Trump tariffs drive imports into US foreign trade zones

2 months ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling

Businesses have sharply increased shipments of imported goods into duty-free “foreign trade zones” as they make use of a Great...