News / 'Goods mania' adds pressure to already strained logistics infrastructure

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

As new Covid-19 outbreaks heap fresh disruption on strained supply chains, carriers and customers alike are trying to gauge how much longer consumer demand will drive up global shipment volumes.

Recent US retail numbers and statistics from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) suggest the momentum may be slowing, but analysis by Flexport points to a renewed rise in demand for consumer goods that will keep the system strained well into next year.

The WTO announced on 18 August that its goods trade ...