Container chaos as COVID, industrial action, weather cause ‘perfect storm’ for import and export delays

A perfect storm of events is causing big delays to international shipping and pushing up the costs to get goods in and out of Australia.

The pandemic caused havoc to the flow of goods across the globe, with shutdowns, booming ecommerce, the collapse of air travel, industrial action and a shipping container shortage leading to higher freight prices and delays.

A major fish feed producer is struggling to get key ingredients amid the “constant and increasing challenge” of international shipping.

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