The San Pedro Bay port complex, which consists of the two busiest container ports in the United States, is experiencing its largest backlog of ships on record, with more than 58 vessels waiting to enter the ports today.
The San Pedro Bay port complex, which consists of the two busiest container ports in the United States, is experiencing its largest backlog of ships on record, with more than 58 vessels waiting to enter the ports today.
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While on the face of it, China s acquisitions of ports looks like mere commercial transactions based on an economically driven agenda the rhetoric China is employing several analysts have pointed out that geopolitical concerns seem to be what are
container being sent from shanghai to rotterdam at the moment because almost 13,000, $213,700 that is a year on year rise of 659%. and do you know who is paying for it. us the consumer. so how long will it persist? let s bring in phil levy, chief economist at flexport, we are constantly told this is a global pandemic. despite all the bullish headlines we are reading in the united states about the recovery there is no real recovery unless the container ports are up and running which perhaps sells is why we need to get everyone vaccinated. i’m to get everyone vaccinated. i m certainly in to get everyone vaccinated. i jn certainly in favour of vaccination. i think you re right. one of the challenges we ve had is with the economy is doing relatively well people are chosen to spend their incomes on buying goods. and it s a system is under a lot of stress right now. system is under a lot of stress right nova right now. where do you see the bi est right now. where do you see the bigges