The current breakthrough for COVID-19 vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech and alike are certainly diverting the world’s attention to logistics of how will it all be moved especially with current news of facing challenges and difficulties of movement.
The world’s wider media and general population may be in for a shock when they cast their eyes to the sectors entrusted to grease the world’s economy by moving goods and parts to far flung locations.
The current state of the container market is one of dysfunction, bordering on complete chaos. Supply chains have been stretched to near breaking points by the unprecedented vitality in demand swings, the final tells being numerous port congestion notices popping up in almost every single continent, from Sydney to Bilbao and many places in between.
Some notable container ports which have recently been subjected to congestion surcharges include: Fuzhou (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Sydney (Australia), Sudan & Conakry (Africa), Aden (Middle East), Bilbao (Spain), United Kingdom & Los Angeles / Long Beach (USA).