Worsening Shipping Crisis Set To Impact Christmas Shopping
Worsening Shipping Crisis Set To Impact Christmas Shopping
By 9News Staff Aug 24, 2021
The vast network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world is badly tangled, and the cost of shipping is skyrocketing.
That's troubling news for retailers and holiday shoppers.
More than 18 months into the pandemic, the disruption to global supply chains is getting worse, spurring shortages of consumer products and making it more expensive for companies to ship goods where they're needed.
The shipping crisis is getting worse. (Getty)
Unresolved snags, and the emergence of new problems including the Delta variant, mean shoppers are likely to face higher prices and fewer choices this holiday season.
Consumer goods companies, such as Adidas and Hasbro, are already warning of disruptions as they prepare for the crucial year-end period.
"The pressures on global supply chains have not eased, and we do not expect them to any time soon," said Bob Biesterfeld, the CEO of C.H. Robinson, one of the world's largest logistics firms.
The latest obstacle is in China, where a terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port south of Shanghai has been shut since August 11 after a dock worker tested positive for COVID-19.
Major international shipping lines, including Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM have adjusted schedules to avoid the port and are warning customers of delays.
The partial closure of the world's third busiest container port is disrupting other ports in China, stretching supply chains that were already suffering from recent problems at Yantian port, ongoing container shortages, coronavirus-related factory shutdowns in Vietnam and the lingering effects of the Suez Canal blockage in March.
Shipping companies expect the global crunch to continue.
Evergreen cargo ship larger than Ever Given heading for Suez Canal
That's massively increasing the cost of moving cargo and could add to the upward pressure on consumer prices.
"We currently expect the market situation only to ease in the first quarter of 2022 at the earliest," Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said in a recent statement.
The cost of shipping goods from China to North America and Europe has continued to climb over the past few months, following a spike earlier in the year, according to data from London-based Drewry Shipping.
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Ariel: The Exchange Rate is the Foundation
9-29-2026
Swisher1776: IQD RV: The Council of Ministers announced that it has officially received the draft of the 2027 Federal General Budget Law.
The pieces have locked into place. The Council of Ministers receiving the 2027 Federal General Budget Law draft is not routine bureaucracy it is the mechanism. Under Iraqi budget law, the exchange rate MUST be codified inside the budget before passage.
October 15 is not a suggestion. It is the statutory choke point.
Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Tuesday Night 9-29-26
Transcribed By WiserNow Emailed To Recaps (INTEL ONLY)
Welcome everybody to the Big Call tonight. It's Tuesday, September 29, and you're listening to the Big Call. Thanks everybody for tuning in again. And with one more day to go in the month of September, there is a lot going on, and I look forward to bringing that to us.
All right, let's let's see where we stand right now. You guys know I like to paint a timeline. Let's start with Monday. Okay. Now I try to paint a picture based on a timeline that we're on. Right. Do that every call. And tonight, we have to go back to President Trump on Monday.
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
DIGITAL PAYMENTS RESET WATCH: APPLE PAY ENTERS INDIA AS GLOBAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS EVOLVE
Apple Pay’s launch in India adds another major global payment network to one of the world’s most advanced real-time digital payment ecosystems, highlighting the continuing evolution of how money moves across borders and platforms.
Coffee with MarkZ, joined by Zester. Wed.09/30/2026
Some highlights by PDK-Not verbatim
MarkZ Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context. Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions
MZ: Troops withdrawal before Sovereignty Day, what's next. Zester answer blockchain questions.
MZ: They are celebrating for the next 4 days in Iraq. I expect news to be fairly quiet after today. I keep being told this is it….They can now move forward now that the trigger was pulled/line was crossed.
TNT:
Tishwash: The Iraq Stock Exchange officially joins the "Tabadul" platform.
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange announced the official start of trading for the Iraq Stock Exchange via the “Tabadul” platform, making it the eighth market to join the platform.
The move allows investors in Iraq to trade securities listed on the Abu Dhabi market directly, thus enhancing trading and investment opportunities between the two markets.
The “Tabadul” platform provides the ability to trade between participating markets and settle transactions in local currencies, without the need for dual listing or custodian services.
Ariel: The Wizard of Oz as a Monetary Allegory
9-30-2029
The Wizard of Oz As Monetary Allegory: For Those Pressed For Time
The Emerald City reading isn’t random. Since economist Hugh Rockoff’s 1990 paper “The ‘Wizard of Oz’ as a Monetary Allegory,” scholars have mapped L. Frank Baum’s 1900 book onto the 1890s Populist movement the fight over gold vs. silver coinage.
The Emerald City itself = paper greenbacks.
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Reset Intelligence: Pensions for Weapons.
By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT
On Tuesday, the day before the coalition's mission in Iraq closed, the cabinet voted through the PMF Service and Retirement Law and sent it to parliament: ranks, salaries and pensions inside the state for the fighters who bring their weapons in.
The blocs handed al-Zaidi the authority to fill the 9 empty cabinet chairs as one package after Sovereignty Day. Kataib Hezbollah answered with a threat to police Iraqi airspace and bring the government down.
Good Morning Dinar Recaps,
GLOBAL BOND RESET WATCH: GLOBAL BONDS FACE WORST MONTH IN YEARS AS GOVERNMENT DEBT AND YIELDS SURGE
Global bond markets are ending September under pressure as rising government borrowing, persistent inflation and higher energy costs push long-term yields to multi-year highs.
The Iraq Stock Exchange Officially Joins The "Tabadul" Platform 9 29 2026
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange announced the official start of trading for the Iraq Stock
Exchange via the “Tabadul” platform, making it the eighth market to join the platform.
The move allows investors in Iraq to trade securities listed on the Abu Dhabi market directly, thus enhancing trading and investment opportunities between the two markets.
MilitiaMan & Crew: Is This The Sequence?
9-29-2026
The Crew: Samson, PompeyPeter, Petra, Daytrader, Sunkissed, GIGI and Militia Man
No drama. No intrigue. No songs and dances. Just straight, factual news that I read and interpret to the best of my ability after being an avid Dinar investor and insanely obsessed Dinarian for over 15 years.
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Tuesday Night Video
FRANK26…9-29-26….SIT DOWN
This video is in Frank’s and his team’s opinion only
Frank’s team is Walkingstick, Eddie and Omar in Iraq and guests
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MP: Fixing Contracts And Wages Is Mandatory For The Government Within The 2027 Budget
Information/Baghdad... MP Mahmoud Al-Shammari affirmed on Tuesday that the issue of regularizing the employment of contract and daily wage workers in various ministries and state institutions has become a legal and moral obligation incumbent upon the government. He stressed the financial necessity of including sufficient allocations to definitively resolve this entitlement within the 2027 general budget.
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
AI DEBT RESET WATCH: RISING BOND COSTS COLLIDE WITH MASSIVE AI INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
The global AI buildout is creating enormous demand for capital at the same time that rising government and corporate bond yields are making that capital increasingly expensive.
The Global Debt Crisis Has Begun (Why Gold Is Falling First)
Taylor Kenny: 9-29-2026
The global debt crisis is accelerating as Treasury yields surge and governments face a massive debt rollover problem. So why is gold falling?
Taylor Kenney breaks down what rising yields are really signaling, why short-term gold weakness may be misleading, and what it means for the dollar, gold, silver, and your wealth.
Ariel: The Mandate of Ashes, Iraq and the Fuse
9-28-2026
The Mandate Of Ashes: A Sovereign Detonation (Iraq & The Fuse)
Ladies & Gentlemen We Are On The Clock
Let’s Go Over These Line Items For The Month And Week Ahead
Dhi Qar Gas Storage Project Begins Trial Operation
2026-09-29 Shafaq News- Dhi Qar A new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility at the Nasiriyah gas depot in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar began trial operation on Tuesday, a move Deputy Oil Minister for Gas Affairs Ezzat Saber Ismail said would strengthen storage capacity and help stabilize supplies across the province.
Is It A Golden Era For Gold?
JP MORGAN
Gold stands at the crossroads of global uncertainty and enduring resilience. Here, we explore the factors driving the price of gold and consider the important role it plays in portfolio diversification. Gold prices have more than doubled since late 2023, repeatedly hitting all-time highs in a sustained rally. The precious metal outperformed major equity benchmarks in 2025 with an eye-popping 65% return,1 its strongest single year since 1979, then built on those gains in early 2026.
Reset Intelligence: Iraq Enters the Final Stretch.
By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT
The heads of Iraq's four presidencies signed off on Monday on what they called the completion of the country's path to sovereignty. The coalition's mission ends September 30.
From here, the gates this file has tracked run on dates: customs rules on October 1, the weapons principles in the first days of October, and the budget in parliament by October 15.
TNT:
Tishwash: The US chargé d'affaires confirms to the Prime Minister's security advisor: We will celebrate together on September 30th, Iraqi Sovereignty Day
Iraq and the United States discussed today the issues of security, sovereignty, and political developments in Iraq and the region, in addition to bilateral relations, during a meeting with the US Chargé d'Affaires to Iraq, Steven Fagin.
The Iraqi side, in a statement received by Iraq Observer, stressed the priority of preserving the country’s security and sovereignty, consolidating state authority and the rule of law, and restricting weapons to the state, as well as continuing to combat terrorism and corruption and supporting state institutions in a way that preserves stability and the higher interests of Iraq.
Fed Insider Reveals the Global Dollar Reset
Miles Harris: 9-30-2026
For years, mainstream financial headlines have warned of the imminent decline of the US dollar as the world’s undisputed reserve currency. Narrative-driven commentary often points to aggressive foreign central bank purchases and changing trade alliances as definitive proof that the greenback is losing its crown.
However, an analysis of key insights from the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium presents a far more intricate and nuanced reality. Rather than witnessing an outright abandonment of the currency, the global economy is experiencing a structural transformation in how dollar exposure is accessed, managed, and held worldwide.