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shipping: I ve never seen anything like this: Chaos strikes global shipping

Synopsis Empty containers are piled up at ports in Australia and New Zealand; containers are scarce at India’s port of Kolkata, forcing makers of electronics parts to truck their wares more than 1,000 miles west to the port of Mumbai, where the supply is better. iStock Some experts assume that as vaccinations increase and life returns to normal, Americans will again shift their spending from goods back to experiences reducing the need for containers. Off the coast of Los Angeles, more than two dozen container ships filled with exercise bikes, electronics and other highly sought imports have been idling for as long as two weeks.

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Shipping containers stuck in sea gridlock, slay stranded ashore as Covid-19 pandemic snarls trade networks

Off the coast of Los Angeles, more than two dozen container ships filled with exercise bikes, electronics and other highly sought imports have been idling for as long as two weeks. In Kansas City, farmers are struggling to ship soybeans to buyers in Asia. In China, furniture destined for North America piles up on factory floors.

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COVID-19 Impact | Gridlock at sea, and chaos ashore, as pandemic snarls trade network

COVID-19 Impact | Gridlock at sea, and chaos ashore, as pandemic snarls trade network Peter S. Goodman, Alexandra Stevenson, Niraj Chokshi and Michael Corkery Off the coast of Los Angeles, more than two dozen container ships filled with exercise bikes, electronics and other highly sought imports have been idling for as long as two weeks. In Kansas City, farmers are struggling to ship soybeans to buyers in Asia. In China, furniture destined for North America piles up on factory floors. Around the planet, the pandemic has disrupted trade to an extraordinary degree, driving up the cost of shipping goods and adding a fresh challenge to the global economic recovery. The virus has thrown off the choreography of moving cargo from one continent to another.

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COVID-19 Impact | Gridlock at sea, and chaos ashore, as pandemic snarls trade network

COVID-19 Impact | Gridlock at sea, and chaos ashore, as pandemic snarls trade network
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