News / TPM22: Shippers flock to LB – 'is there a way out of the supply chain mess?'

Crowds at TPM22. Credit: Brian Bourke, Seko Logistics

Shippers and BCOs have come out in force to attend TPM22 in Long Beach, California, this week and want to leave with improved visibility of the current “supply chain mess”.

It’s a supply chain crisis that has hobbled timely delivery of products to retail shelves and driven up freight rates to unsustainable levels.

Talking to The Loadstar team at the traditional ‘icebreaker’ welcoming party on Sunday evening, shippers were unanimous in their view that the current supply chain problems were unprecedented in ...