Wondering where your stuff from overseas is? Shipaggedon!

[MrVegas]

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Forgot about that one -- still seems a lot of the popular ones are regularly out.

 

[Marie13]

First it was the Suez, then Yantian, now Ningbo...

More supply chain delays as Ningbo port congestion worsens - FreightWaves

 

[Marie13]

DGX’s website currently shows November for their next shipment of LP85s and LP50s. Yikes! Glad I got my third pair of 85s in the spring!

 

[Marie13]

Air freight chaos at O’Hare. Forwarders going in with their own fork lifts and guys to the airlines, paying off airline dock workers in cash, so they can get their freight. This is so over the top.

Stealing your own freight: O’Hare cargo delays force drastic measures - FreightWaves

 

[Marie13]

Air frt used to be available 6 hours after a flight landed, pre-covid.

 

[merxlin]

And in case you wonder why the high costs of containers- Maersk posts blockbuster Q2 results — and Q3 looks even better

 

[Marie13]

And in case you wonder why the high costs of containers- Maersk posts blockbuster Q2 results — and Q3 looks even better

Are you taking shipping costs or the costs of the containers themselves?

 

[merxlin]

Are you taking shipping costs or the costs of the containers themselves?

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.

 

[Marie13]

The freight forwarder I work for no longer does deliveries for a lot of customers.

 

[Johnoly]

The freight forwarder I work for no longer does deliveries for a lot of customers.

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.