Ships stuck off both Coasts, waiting to berth

Ports are understaffed and Trucker shortages continue.
Where did all the employees go? How the hell can they survive off of unemployment, I know I couldn't do that. I was Furloughed for 3 weeks, without the extra Gubment cheese my benefits were less than 50% of my regular salary.
WTF is going on?


Dozens of ships are forced to anchor off coast of New York as they wait to dock in the country's second-largest port - adding to US supply chain crunch which has forced FedEx to reroute 600k packages a day

Nearly two dozen cargo ships and oil tankers are waiting to berth off the south shore of Long Island on Saturday as surge of imports and short-staffed ports have caused a logjam sea
Earlier this year, Port of New York and New Jersey became the second busiest port in the country behind Los Angeles, according to recent shipping data
Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which normally moves 40% of containers in US, has 62 cargo ships waiting to dock, satellite images show
Backup brought on by a combination of it being peak shipping period and a pandemic-induced buying boom and labor shortage
The ports serve as the entry point for a third of imports to the US, and are the main import point for goods coming from China
FedEx announced that about 25 per cent of packages going into it shipping hubs, like the one in Portland, Oregon, are being diverted
The hubs are operating with 65 per cent of their usual staff as the shipping company struggles against the national labor shortage
Costco announced Thursday it was bringing back limits on purchases of items like toilet paper, paper towels and bottled water
Transportation issues are causing delays in deliveries to stores despite suppliers having enough stock
Pandemic-driven port congestion and labor shortages have forced retail chains including Costco to spend more on transportation

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