Sneakers, Couches, Wallpaper, Kayaks, Livestock: Here’s What’s Stuck On The Suez Canal And What It Means For Consumers

Sneakers, Couches, Wallpaper, Kayaks, Livestock: Here’s What’s Stuck On The Suez Canal And What It Means For Consumers

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A wide array of goods are stranded in vessels stuck in the Suez Canal after the Ever Given container ship ran aground on Tuesday, further aggravating global supply chains that were already hampered by the Covid pandemic.

A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on March 25, 2021 shows Egyptian tug boats ... [+] trying to free Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal. - Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was "temporarily suspending navigation" until refloating of the MV Ever Given ship was completed on one of the busiest maritime trade routes. (Photo by Suez Canal Authority/Handout/AFP via Getty Images)



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Jon Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation in Washington, states that the blockage of the Suez Canal is contributing “further stress” to an “already strained” supply chain. 





Many companies have already struggled with supply chain congestion and delays stemming from the pandemic, but this