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Two dozen ships anchor off coast of New York waiting to dock in the country's second-largest port - adding to US supply chain crunch which has forced FedEx to reroute 600k packages a day
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Nearly two dozen cargo ships and oil tankers are waiting to berth off the south shore of Long Island on Saturday as surge of imports and short-staffed ports have caused a logjam sea

  • Earlier this year, Port of New York and New Jersey became the second busiest port in the country behind Los Angeles, according to recent shipping data

  • Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which normally moves 40% of containers in US, has 62 cargo ships waiting to dock, satellite images show

  • Backup brought on by a combination of it being peak shipping period and a pandemic-induced buying boom and labor shortage

  • The ports serve as the entry point for a third of imports to the US, and are the main import point for goods coming from China

  • FedEx announced that about 25 per cent of packages going into it shipping hubs, like the one in Portland, Oregon, are being diverted

  • The hubs are operating with 65 per cent of their usual staff as the shipping company struggles against the national labor shortage

  • Costco announced Thursday it was bringing back limits on purchases of items like toilet paper, paper towels and bottled water

  • Transportation issues are causing delays in deliveries to stores despite suppliers having enough stock

  • Pandemic-driven port congestion and labor shortages have forced retail chains including Costco to spend more on transportation

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-26
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=613659