Viewpoint: Shanghai’s disruptive impact on the summer supply chain

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/12/2022 - 12:55am |

The containers piling up in China will eventually create massive congestion in the US

"90% of Shanghai trucking capacity is sidelined, according to Seko Logistics’ latest update to customers." https://t.co/0g6bFoLBGO pic.twitter.com/kFbPJffYJd
— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) April 12, 2022

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shanghai-zero-covid-lockdown-impact-summer-supply-chain

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"Import dwell times for containers at Shanghai marine terminals has increased nearly 75%, to eight days, since the lockdowns began. Export storage time has fallen, possibly because there are few new containers being delivered from warehouses." https://t.co/qNzReN0wrO
— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) April 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/12/2022 - 12:57am

uh oh

Nearly 30 Percent of Popular Baby Formula Brands Sold Out in U.S.

Out-of-stock percentages for baby formula rose from 2% to almost 30%, which means more store shelves are bare

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/13/2022 - 10:08pm

I thought we already were freaked out about this.

But I agree that it is warranted. https://t.co/bi5dlG0OS3
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 3:25pm

With Shanghai in a near total lockdown, this is a map of the commercial ships currently waiting offshore to be loaded and offloaded of goods; exacerbating global supply chain woes pic.twitter.com/Md6PtpF3VE
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 18, 2022

https://t.co/femKpDOuiR
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 19, 2022

Bloomberg: “Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into the country.”https://t.co/VDb0dpVaPk
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 3:29pm

Welcome BA2121 - maybe we can be like Shanghai, yum!!!
(20% share of infections in a month, though to be fair, infections this past month have been below 50k/day, so not really spreading the pandemic as well as it sounds.)

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK—#BA2’s new spin off #BA2121 sub-subvariant is now surging exponentially—so infectious that it is outpacing even #Ba2 and completely displacing #Omicron, which is now near extinct. Together #BA2 and #BA2121 are now 94% of all strains in US.

HT @DrWilliamKu pic.twitter.com/JVsfhXHJD7
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 19, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/20/2022 - 8:29am

I got my 2nd booster two days ago, the question is will it protect me now that everybody's gonna be going maskless? it's not so much the dying in agony thing anymore, of course. rather it's that I got a ton of other health issues making life constricted and miserable that I put off precisely because I know they are all things medicine doesn't understand that well (where you have to do the lengthy trial and error thing with lots of one step forward followed by two steps back) SOOOO last thing I need is another factor of something they don't understand that well, like aftereffects of covid infection screwing things up more!

oh well we got to live a few decades in a relatively nice era, younger people may not have the same. whatcha gonna do?

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/21/2022 - 12:31am

It seems to decrease the severity of the disease, so yes, protection, but not 100 per ¢

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/21/2022 - 2:03am

he told this to his shareholders, so it wasn't just flippant discussion:

"Elon Musk noted some suppliers are requesting 20% to 30% cost increases for parts from 2021 to 2022, well above the 8.5% inflation rate reported by Labor Department data on Tuesday." https://t.co/wwIgQVVnju
— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) April 21, 2022

"Tesla's own factories have been running below capacity for several quarters as supply chain became the main limiting factor, which is likely to continue through the rest of 2022,” it said in a letter to shareholders. https://t.co/qN5Jnaq4cr
— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) April 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/21/2022 - 12:35am

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— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024

Read the article at https://twitter.com/HannaNotte/status/1763116222256701787

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submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds

Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.

Actions to take:

Avoid the area;

Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;

Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and

If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

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Read the article at https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-08/pakistan-s-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-risks-another-crisis

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submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

All eyes on #Chad right now
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Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
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Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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