Posted on 06/15/2021 7:09:47 AM PDT by dynachrome
Now, businesses and consumers are bracing for yet another shipping crisis, as a virus outbreak in southern China disrupts port services and delays deliveries, driving up costs again.
The Chinese province of Guangdong has faced a sudden uptick in Covid-19 cases. Authorities have moved to shut down districts and businesses to prevent the virus from spreading rapidly.
That’s causing massive shipping delays in major Chinese ports, and jacking up already-high shipping costs as waiting times at berth “skyrocketed,” according to analysts and those in the shipping industry.
“The disruptions in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are absolutely massive. Alone, they would have an unprecedented supply chain impact,” said Brian Glick, founder and CEO at supply chain integration platform Chain.io, told CNBC.
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Suck it CCP-loving Apple.
Isn’t this the same Chinese Provence where the Nuclear Reactor is leaking radioactive material ??
I guess it doesn’t make any sense to manufacture stuff in the USA.
We need to make stuff here of course.
For everything.
I’ve been waiting for a shipment from Bali since Nov.
I love when bad things happen to bad nations. Keep it up, CCP.
Hopefully the higher prices for shipping will make them less competitive. And, yes, I will gladly pay more for consumer goods to see their economy hurt.
China is holding US consumers hostage again -
STOP BUYING SH!T FROM CHINA - it’s made like garbage anyway
The entire world should quarantine China, people, commerce, everything.
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