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A good piece on international shipping and why it's all bollixed up right now, and is just going to get worse:
https://medium.com/@ryan79z28/im-a-twenty-year-truck-driver-i-will-tell-you-why-america-s-shipping-crisis-will-not-end-bbe0ebac6a91 (h/t siderea)
Note that this is specific to *ports*, which as I understand it largely affects international shipping. Domestic is less affected. There are still shipping issues domestically, but not as bad as the ports, since the ports have more restrictions and less capacity.
It seems like this is a *great* time to refocus on getting what you need from the local economy. Food is pretty easy to get from local sources, here in New England, but also think about furniture, clothing, tools, etc. Electronics... is probably a harder one. Medicine, too. Not everything can be sourced locally; we have an international economy for reasons. And local commerce is still going to be affected by international shipping issues, in second-order ways. But something to keep in mind.
https://medium.com/@ryan79z28/im-a-twenty-year-truck-driver-i-will-tell-you-why-america-s-shipping-crisis-will-not-end-bbe0ebac6a91 (h/t siderea)
Note that this is specific to *ports*, which as I understand it largely affects international shipping. Domestic is less affected. There are still shipping issues domestically, but not as bad as the ports, since the ports have more restrictions and less capacity.
It seems like this is a *great* time to refocus on getting what you need from the local economy. Food is pretty easy to get from local sources, here in New England, but also think about furniture, clothing, tools, etc. Electronics... is probably a harder one. Medicine, too. Not everything can be sourced locally; we have an international economy for reasons. And local commerce is still going to be affected by international shipping issues, in second-order ways. But something to keep in mind.
