Beauty
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Oct 03, 2021
10:51 PM
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A spokeswoman for Ikea confirms that the company has bought additional containers and chartered vessels in order to redress a product shortage. pg slot wallet
"We have also sent goods by train from China to Europe and we have invested in temporary intermediate warehouses in China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Thailand to support production," she adds.
From toys to cars, countless industries rely on shipping containers moving steadily and continuously around the globe.
"I have a gut feeling that… we're going to see empty shelves," says Stavros Karamperidis, head of the Maritime Transport Research Group at the University of Plymouth, referring to the Christmas period. The particularly severe lorry driver shortage in the UK could make this especially pronounced in Britain, he adds.
Lorry driver shortages are particularly acute in Britain, in part, due to EU workers leaving the UK following Brexit as well as during the pandemic plus tax changes making it more expensive for drivers from elsewhere in Europe to work or be employed in the UK.
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