Wondering where your stuff from overseas is? Shipaggedon!

[Marie13]

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.

 

[Marie13]

Dollar Tree describes container-ship chaos, with voyages doubling in length, costs skyrocketing, and one boat turned away from China over a single COVID case on board

 

[chillyinCanada]

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.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Dollar Tree describes container-ship chaos, with voyages doubling in length, costs skyrocketing, and one boat turned away from China over a single COVID case on board

There's no such thing as a single covid case, especially aboard ship.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Holy crap.

Based on what I took from the business news yesterday, families should start preparing the kids for lowered expectations at Christmas time.

 

[Marie13]

I’ve been telling people for months that if they see something they want to give as a gift, buy it now.

 

[Marie13]

Another good article.


The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.

 

[Marie13]

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.

 

[chillyinCanada]

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?

 

[Lorenzoid]

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?

I have long admired some of those houses constructed out of them.