travel time and a million, in some cases, in fuel costs. for you at home that means your goods will take longer to get here and cost more potentially. look at some of these weekly increases. the cost for a 40-foot container up 58% to the east coast, 60% of the west coast, and we are also hearing from shippers the long term contract rates are going to increase again on monday. now retailers are pursuing other options, like sending by rail or air, but because of the changing nature of the situation, those decisions are having to come last minute. we spoke to the head of ocean freight at dhl. he told us just this week, another slew of attacks caused a lot of chaos. we had another wave of attacks in the red sea, which then forced, i would say come almost 95% of all vessels that are going through that stretch to diverge, taking every single vessel and deciding last-minute what the situation. so, neil, if you are a retailer and you cannot plan for
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