Empty Shelves, no toys for Christmas, your custom order held up for months! The supply chain in America is already under stress and is reportedly getting worse.
Why is this happening? Ryan Johnson, a truck driver, explains the issue in ports: drivers have to wait in line to enter the port, in another to get loaded up, and then a third one to leave. The ports have no incentive to keep these lines moving and do not even offer a restroom to the drivers as they are not employees. Independent drivers are quitting because they cannot even make minimum wage at this rate.
Ryan Peterson, the CEO of a logistics company, explains one big issue with the Port of Long Beach (Twitter): a regulation about not stacking containers more than two high means gridlock and no one has space for storing even empty containers. This one is a success story as the regulation is now on hold after the tweetstorm.