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originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
That's obviously a huge shift from where the country was 2 decades ago... you could buy dirt cheap dairy products in dairy country, cheap produce in farmland areas, cheap lobster in New England, and cheap salmon in Alaska... the ability to swiftly and cheaply (largely thanks to tax payer subsidies) ship these products to markets that will pay more has skyjacked the prices in the production areas.
Good point. Here in BC, we grew up eating salmon as a staple and I hated the stuff, dreaded seeing my dad walk in the door with yet another fish. What was a small fish back then is now a prize winner. Now I like it and can rarely afford it. Even cans of sockeye were going for 9$ in the corner grocery store though that is on the high side but it's probably driven up by the fact that other countries will pay that, so we have to as well.
The global shortage of shipping containers, primarily caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to drastic inflation in shipping and container prices and increased delay times for companies. We ask why shipping is facing this container shortage and investigate the global impact.
Maersk, the largest container shipping line and vessel operator in the world, has been significantly affected by the container shortage but believes that the current situation will soon improve.
Lars Mikael Jensen, head of network and market east-west at Maersk, says: âIt is expected that the situation will improve, bottlenecks are expected to be relieved, buying patterns likely to normalise, as well as additional vessels and containers entering the market in 2021, means that the current vessel and container shortage is temporary in nature.
âMoving forward, transparency in rule-making globally is key for all market players to support global trade.â
The global shortage and impacts of Covid-19 have left the industry in uncertain waters. However, container availability is gradually increasing while congestion is reducing in certain bottlenecks. As the year progresses, the industry hopes to see improvement on the horizon.
www.ship-technology.com...
Shipping container shortage? What a stupid and inane answer.
The global transportation system is currently experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. The extraordinary cascade of events caused by the pandemic has led to a severe container shortage crisis. This situation can be classified as a global one, as the lack of containers has a cascading effect along all supply chains,
The crisis has arisen for four main reasons. Firstly, due to a decrease in the number of available containers, secondly, since most of the ports were congested as they suffered from a reduction in labor, thirdly, due to a drop in the number of ships operating, and, fourthly, since significant changes in consumer buying sentiment.
www.hellenicshippingnews.com...
originally posted by: mikell
No lumber shortage local privately owned place has all the lumber you need at a high price and they are selling fast. Now at work plastic and resin are hit and miss. lots of changing suppliers lots of poor quality from suppliers. We even have brass parts breaking down in water???
originally posted by: crayzeed
Shipping container shortage? What a stupid and inane answer. Before and during the virus thing there were enough containers to deliver goods on time. NOW, containers don't just rot away, yes they lose some in accidents, but not that many. More like they are manipulating the placements of cargos so there would be a shortage in certain areas......
...in 2020, 668,086 empty containers were shipped to foreign ports around the world, 12 times more than in 2019...
The wasteful practice is tied to online shopping habits that have popped up due to the pandemic. If youâve found yourself doing way more online shopping this past year, youâre not alone. E-commerce grew an estimated 16.5% in 2020, churning out $3.9 trillion in sales globally. This has been great for Asian markets, especially China because people living in the U.S. are buying far more imported products than normal.
U.S. ports, however, havenât been able to keep up with all those imports, especially because they are experiencing labor shortages due to covid-19 and state-mandated restrictions on gathering. With fewer workers around to unload and unpack all this cargo, a backlog of containers has been piling up.
That backlog is also creating a delay in how quickly foreign markets are receiving these containers to fill back up. Usually, domestic shippers would wait to send the giant boxes across the ocean until they were loaded up with U.S. goods to be sent overseas. But since thatâs taking much longer these days and shippers abroad are desperate for containers to refill with the goods Americans are buying and are willing to pay a premium for them, itâs more lucrative now for the shipping companies to simply send empty containers overseas. Increasingly, carriers are emptying ships at ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles, then immediately putting the unloaded, empty containers back onto the vessels to go back to Asia.
earther.gizmodo.com...
...which is also a problem. Don't blame Trump, Biden has kepted those in effect, why? Because it WORKS, lmfao.
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: mikell
No lumber shortage local privately owned place has all the lumber you need at a high price and they are selling fast. Now at work plastic and resin are hit and miss. lots of changing suppliers lots of poor quality from suppliers. We even have brass parts breaking down in water???
As long as the trump trade embargo stays in effect, expect even more shortages and higher prices.
originally posted by: Arnie123
Try to list y'alls States, being in TX, I'm rarely experiencing any kind of shortfalls.
I'm still gassing up and working no different then when Trump was elected, barring Covid Pandemic shutdowns.
I spend alot of money, both online and at retailer.
Gas prices did go up, was at 2.74, now at 2.86 đ
Otherwise, perhaps I think this is regional, not saying we'll be effected at some point, just that SA, TX is pretty manageable.