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The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a 'system collapse'
CNN ^ | 29 September 2021 | Hanna Ziady, CNN Business

Posted on 09/30/2021 12:07:07 AM PDT by blueplum

London (CNN Business)Seafarers, truck drivers and airline workers have endured quarantines, travel restrictions and complex Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements to keep stretched supply chains moving during the pandemic.

But many are now reaching their breaking point, posing yet another threat to the badly tangled network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world.

In an open letter Wednesday to heads of state attending the United Nations General Assembly, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and other industry groups warned of a "global transport system collapse" if governments do not restore freedom of movement to transport workers and give them priority to receive vaccines ...

Inconsistent requirements mean that some seafarers have been vaccinated multiple times because some countries have approved only certain vaccines...Meanwhile, the unequal distribution of vaccines globally means that only about 25% to 30% of seafarers, many of who are from India and the Philippines, are fully vaccinated...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: cargo; covid19; oceantransport; supplychain
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stuck on ships for 2 years? gotta be a better way
1 posted on 09/30/2021 12:07:07 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum; Tilted Irish Kilt; Diana in Wisconsin; Roman_War_Criminal; Pollard; greeneyes; ...

Oh great.

Now CNN is carrying the story.

Let the widespread panic buying begin.

This is what the left is implementing.

Everything they warn us about is not a prediction as they want us to think, but a warning of what they have planned for us in the near future.

They want us to think that they are so prescient to get this right that we can trust them to fix the problem, when in reality, the only reason they get it *right* is because it’s in the works to deceive us into submission to them.

They get it *right* because they are in the process of working it out.


2 posted on 09/30/2021 12:17:15 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: blueplum

How about just give everyone freedom of movement and forget the vaxes?

Sheesh, does anyone care about actual immunity any more?

Because it’s something you NEVER hear from the government or big pharma.

Then again, someone who is immune cannot be controlled and cannot be made any money off of.


3 posted on 09/30/2021 12:19:44 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: metmom

lol....just a head’s up - buy paint now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/paint-is-the-latest-product-facing-supply-shortages-and-higher-prices/ar-AAOXtpA?ocid=msedgntp


4 posted on 09/30/2021 12:23:13 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

They are away from their families, so it’s not totally a bad thing. :)

Ports in America could fix it on their turf if the unions let their workers work longer hours.


5 posted on 09/30/2021 12:56:38 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: metmom

The Bill Gates NWO includes depopulation. Cut off resources required to live and get this desired result.


6 posted on 09/30/2021 1:01:50 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: metmom

#2....<- get it? : )
Let the widespread panic buying begin.

I scored a 12 pack of TP this week. I an set.


7 posted on 09/30/2021 1:06:45 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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“stuck on ships for 2 years?”

Reminds me of my Dad’s service in the Navy in the Pacific. One of his many duties on his small ship was getting food and supplies. As they first arrived in port he would look for Norwegian flags.

The Norwegian ships were “stuck” at sea due to the NAZI invasion back home. Of course they were still fishing, shipping, etc.

Dad spoke fluent Norwegian, and the Norwegians were always excited to have an American visit that could speak Norwegian and talk about Norway. (Most dad’s cousins and other relatives were still in Norway and he kept in close touch).

He said the best food he ever ate was on that small ship. Fresh fish, meat, vegetables, fruit, etc.

Sorry for the aside. However - I can see where some ships might not want to sail to certain countries. I’m guessing some countries already have two-week long quarantines before they could come off the ship? What sailor wants to do that!


8 posted on 09/30/2021 1:12:38 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve

Thanks for the aside.


9 posted on 09/30/2021 1:46:49 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: blueplum

Solution to world shipping crisis:

BUILD STUFF HERE


10 posted on 09/30/2021 2:36:19 AM PDT by Hiryusan
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To: minnesota_bound

My store is running awfully low on cat litter


11 posted on 09/30/2021 2:40:19 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: blueplum

Beware the vaxx.


12 posted on 09/30/2021 2:43:55 AM PDT by exnavy (grow some thick skin, i do not care for whiners)
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To: blueplum

All according to plan, comrades.


13 posted on 09/30/2021 3:11:40 AM PDT by Old Yeller (You can’t obey your way out of tyranny.)
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To: blueplum

Gee we could manufacture stuff here in the USA and cut out the nameless, faceless globalist middle men anti-American traitorous money sluts...


14 posted on 09/30/2021 3:13:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Hiryusan
BUILD STUFF HERE

Hear ye, hear ye!!


15 posted on 09/30/2021 3:15:21 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Jonty30

If we were self sufficient in everything, like out ancestress, we wouldn’t need one port.


16 posted on 09/30/2021 3:16:38 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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In an open letter Wednesday to heads of state attending the United Nations General Assembly, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and other industry groups warned of a "global transport system collapse" if governments do not restore freedom of movement to transport workers and give them priority to receive vaccines ...

So CNN's 'theory' is that transport workers -- for some odd reason -- do not have access to the vaccines? Here's my theory: a significant chunk of the workforce doesn't want the vaccine to the point where they are willing to be terminated by their employer. Look around your place of work. If one-in-five workers got terminated next week, how would all the work get done. Most companies are already short-handed since last Spring when some state governments instituted lockdowns and the Feds decided to break the piggy bank with emergency UE benefits. But of course CNN can't admit to any of this.

17 posted on 09/30/2021 3:24:14 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: antceecee

The Bill Gates NWO includes depopulation. Cut off resources required to live and get this desired result.
Include the forced vaccinations or else. The next wave planned will kill the rest. welcome the great reset or build back better plan


18 posted on 09/30/2021 3:30:12 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Tallguy

the cargo/container ships are foreign workers, mostly slave labor from laos, cambodia, vietnam, china, etc. Out to sea for months at a time. But can’t get shore leave because they’re not vaccinated or have the wrong vaccine (i.e. sinovac) and so are subject to quarantine. Being ashore is when they can contact their families. What they’re asking for in a roundabout way is for ports to offer WHO-approved vaccines so by the next port, they can go ashore.


19 posted on 09/30/2021 3:30:23 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum; bert
Ain't globalism great!!

How come you never see Free Traitors™ comment on these types of stories?

20 posted on 09/30/2021 3:36:03 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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