COVID-19 Delta, China Shutdown & the next Global Shipping Crisis? | What's Going on With Shipping?

On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano, Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University, former merchant mariner, and instructor in Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy, looks at the impact of the Delta variant impact on Global Shipping. He first examines the shutdowns in the Far East and the affect this will have on ocean transportation. Next the global trade imbalance due to the inability to get exports out of the US and claims against the large container carriers; along with their "Shock" of such claims being leveled against them. The potential long-term impact this may have on the nation as it appears this may be going on until 2022 and China's development of new overland route to Europe to service the American market.

The Shipping Crisis of 2021 - I HAVE THAT SINKING FEELING EDITION | What's Going on With Shipping?

What's Going On With Shipping? THE CHRISTMAS IN MAY EDITION | Maritime Industry Today

COVID threatens Chinese exports as US struggles to restock inventories

Shipping braces as China goes into lockdown mode

Vietnamese supply chain dislocation worsens

Lockdowns in China and Vietnam see swathe of factory closures

Typhoons Pose Latest Supply Chain Threat as China Ports Shut

Backlog remains in Shanghai in Typhoon In-fa’s wake

American port congestion worsens

Forwarder Angst as Carriers Switch Vessels Onto The Best Paying Tradelanes

Africa the big loser as global liner patterns shift to focus on more profitable east-west tradelanes

US ports face peak-season ‘gridlock plus’ as anchorages fill

U.S. Trade Deficit Widened to Record in June

Cargo Surge Continues at Port of Long Beach

China-U.S. Box Rates Sail Past $20,000

Xeneta: Container Rates Set New Records with Little Relief Ahead

In the eye of the congestion storm: Q&A with Port of LA’s Gene Seroka

Maersk Raises its 2021 Profit Forecast by Another $5 Billion

More Complaints Against Profiteering Carriers Expected as Shippers Costs Soar

FMC Responds to Shipper Complaints With Probe Into Shipping Surcharges

MSC ‘Shocked’ By Shipper’s Anti-Trust Complaint

FMC’s Maffei says capacity demand won’t recede ‘until late 2022’

‘Made in China’ products are running into new logistics problems

Shipping snags prompt US firms to mull retreat from China

OOCL becomes first carrier to launch a China – US east coast rail/sea service

Beware ‘nasty side effects’ if government targets ocean carriers