Comment / Supply chain radar: 2022 – the year of direct government intervention

Goodbye 2021, we’re done. But watch out, here comes 2022!

How lucky

I recently argued that we are in a supply chain stalemate, as ports around the world remain congested due to excessive numbers of out-of-position empty containers not being loaded for repatriation by the world’s shipping lines, among other factors.

But how can this be addressed?

Before mowing on, a cocky round of self-applause as shipping trouble was my last column of 2020, and was rather predictive, as it turned out: “Beware. The ...