Piled Up Empty Containers, Create Chaos in Global Shipping

  • Empty containers are piled up at ports in Australia and New Zealand; containers are scarce at India’s port of Kolkata.
  • It is 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.
  • 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 two weeks.

Peter S. Goodman, Alexandra Stevenson, Niraj Chokshi and Michael...

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