As the holiday season approaches, retailers are scrambling to ensure their shelves are fully stocked and trying to overcome the numerous disruptions in the supply chain that they have faced since the beginning of the pandemic. Currently, more than sixty container ships carrying consumer product goods worth billions of dollars are stuck outside the Port […]
Read MorePort Shutdowns Amid Delta Variant Concerns
Today marks the sixth day in a row that the world’s third busiest container port remains partially closed. China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan container port shut down their Meishan terminal last Wednesday after one of their employees tested positive for COVID-19. Ningbo authorities stated that the port worker was believed to be fully vaccinated but received an inactivated […]
Read MoreAmerican Ports Face Record Volume as Demand for Diesel Fuel Continues
Sea Ports from every corner of America have seen steadily increasing volumes of 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in recent months. The busiest port in the country, the Port of Los Angeles, moved 1,012,047 TEUs in May, compared to 581,664 TEUs a year ago. Not only does that figure represent the 10th consecutive month of increasing […]
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