waylaid flotilla was
collectively hauling tons
of Fiji water
Among the ships held in the queue was the CSCL Spring, a Hong Kong-flagged vessel that was carrying a whopping 138 containers from Yihai Kerry International, a major Chinese agricultural conglomerate. Together, they held 7.3 million pounds of canola meal pellets — enough animal feed to sustain 20,000 cows for a week. Their delay was exacerbating shortages of feed afflicting livestock producers in the United States.
Five ships in this waylaid flotilla were collectively hauling 13 million pounds of Fiji bottled water. More than 17 million pounds of Heineken beer was held up. The Singaporean-flagged Wan Hai 625 was carrying almost three million pounds of polyethylene terephthalate resin, a key element for manufacturing synthetic fabrics and plastic bottles used to package soft drinks — another commodity in short supply. The same ship held 5.2 million pounds of solar panels and 1.6 million pounds of material for chain-link fencing.
From The Floating Traffic Jam That Freaked Us All Out by Peter S. Goodman.
Slugged, The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?
13 Millions pounds of bottled water was held up in shipment when the supply chain broke during covid.
5 container ships worth.
I don’t much understand micro economics but if everything works, some one can bottle water from Fiji and ships it overseas, the water is sourced from Yaqara, on the north shore of Viti Levu, the largest island of Fiji, according to Wikipedia, some 7.460 miles from where I live, and sell for $2.69 at my local Kroger and … make money doing it.
Milo Minderbender bought eggs for seven cents, sold them to the mess halls for five cents, and made money too.
There has to be a catch.
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