News / As you were chaps, volatile transpacific trade still difficult to predict

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Weekly blogger and consultant Jon Monroe has returned to the commentary business, after a rest, with a critical, if not surprising, observation that 2022 is looking much like last year on the transpacific.

“With approximately 100 vessels waiting for a berth and Covid spreading through port labour, things will be getting worse before they get better,” he wrote.

“With Chinese New Year upon us and the Winter Olympics around the corner, let us be hopeful that we see improvement in supply chain ...