Supply Chain
Covid-19
Shipping containers created
Backup of shipping containers in LA
Plane Cargo
Suez Canal Blocked
Reduced number of dock workers
Increased amount of items able to be transported
Reduced price of shipping
Backed up trade
reduced prices of goods
Forced ships to go around South Africa
Factory production halted
Increased demand for products
Ports closed
no items being transported
no more goods being produced
Increased price of goods
Cost of Air shipping goods
Increased use of cargo ships
Less truck drivers
More shipping containers produced
increased price of shippping
nowhere to put them all
cost of goods increased
need for more truck drivers
cost of shipping increased
slowed down unloading
less supply in retail stores
panic due to shelves being empty
China producing goods at an extremely rapid rate
cargo just left laying around
backup of cargo ships in ports
demand for increased wages
US ports can't keep up with the rate at which products come in
backup at ports
new goods can't come in
people buying goods online
Biden orders ports to be working 24/7
less use of cargo planes