Blacklocks- Freight Costs Way Up: Report
“the average end to end container transit time as measured from Shanghai through the Port of Vancouver to Chicago increased from an average of 25.4 days in 2019 to 29.1 days in 2020 and 33.8 days in 2021.” All customers paid,
“The price of maritime container shipping rose 385 percent or more than fourfold from November 2020 to September 2021,” wrote the department. “Delays at ports mean that goods must wait on ships longer which causes prices to increase but also reduces availability of shipping
“….transit time as measured from Shanghai through the Port of Vancouver”…..will soon be literally never.
I can’t read the article but thats kind of bullshit. I work in the shipping industry.
Chicago cans move over LA and East Coast ports mainly. So, those stats are meaningless.
Don’t get me wrong, ocean shipping is currently all kinds of f*cked but lying about why won’t help.
Thats a weak leftist way to enrage (clickbait).
Blacklocks is a Canadian news agency out of Ottawa. The tragedy in this country is trade unions hold customers to ransom. And we lack necessary infrastructure to use alternate means of transport.