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Holiday shopping crunch predicted, cargo jammed in ports
Clip: 10/11/2021 | 3m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Supply-chain experts blame shortages of truck drivers, port workers, shipping containers
“Merchandise that isn’t in distribution centers now -- or within the next month or so -- is not going to be available to purchase for the Christmas season,” predicts Tom Heimgartner, a trucking operator in Port Newark, who says cargo is backing up at U.S. ports and clogging distribution centers in a monumental transportation traffic jam.
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Holiday shopping crunch predicted, cargo jammed in ports
Clip: 10/11/2021 | 3m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
“Merchandise that isn’t in distribution centers now -- or within the next month or so -- is not going to be available to purchase for the Christmas season,” predicts Tom Heimgartner, a trucking operator in Port Newark, who says cargo is backing up at U.S. ports and clogging distribution centers in a monumental transportation traffic jam.
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