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Forget deliveries. I can't even drop off a pallet at my consolidator unless an appointment is made and appointments are out 6 weeks. Then another 3 weeks before it get's placed on a ship to LA's port. Rumor is the Xmas rush will slow down in October, but I'm not counting on it.

Holy crap. :eek:
 
Shipping costs. Much like commodities, demand is exceeding availability. We used to spend $5k on a 40ft container out of Ningbo. Last quote was $12K, and some of my customers are seeing costs of over $20K for inland freight deliveries.

I heard similar on the business news yesterday.
 
Holy crap. :eek:

Based on what I took from the business news yesterday, families should start preparing the kids for lowered expectations at Christmas time.
 
As of Sunday, there were 47 container ships at anchor or drifting (since the anchorages are maxed out) off LA/Long Beach. The previous high was 40 on Feb. 1. On Sunday, there were 76 ships in berths (dockside), at anchor, or drifting - 4.8 times the per-Covid level (from an American Shipper article). Sheesh. And peak season for the holidays has barely started.
 
What's the current state and/disposition of empty containers worldwide? Wasn't this a serious problem earlier along in the pandemic? Should I be buying stock in shipping container production? :p
 
What's the current state and/disposition of empty containers worldwide? Wasn't this a serious problem earlier along in the pandemic? Should I be buying stock in shipping container production? :p

I have long admired some of those houses constructed out of them.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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