[sphinx]

A friend of mine in manufacturing tells me there is now a shortage of containers for shipping U.S. products abroad. Not long ago, we were sending them back empty. Interesting if true.

[Vince Ferrer]

A friend of mine in manufacturing tells me there is now a shortage of containers for shipping U.S. products abroad. Not long ago, we were sending them back empty. Interesting if true. I don't know if there is an actual shortage of containers, what is probably happening is that they need to be repositioned from Asia-US routes to US-Europe routes. Here are some interesting figures, though. Look at the inbound vs outbound changes this year:

Port of Long Beach

Since this is California, it probably understates trade changes going to Europe, but it does show a definite change in the flow of goods.