The Biggest Chokepoint in the Global Food Supply Chain Is Trucks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Truckers hauling food are facing delays across the globe in the latest disruption to supply chains snarled by the coronavirus pandemic.

They’re enduring lengthy wait times in Europe because of restrictions that have been imposed to control the virus’s spread. In South America, local laws have at times conflicted with country-wide ordinances that deem hauling food an essential service, leaving supplies sometimes stuck in storage. In parts of Africa, the shuttering of public transportation means drivers aren’t even able to make it into work. And huge spikes in demand have caused lags for loading at some U.S. warehouses.

Just about everywhere, drivers’ access to critical services has been reduced or even cut off. It’s getting harder to find places to eat with restaurants shut down and rigs too big to go through drive-thru lanes. A decent place to sleep, shower, even use a clean toilet is becoming difficult to track down.

Faced with these difficulties, some truckers in places like Brazil, one of the world’s biggest food exporters, have even refused to take on new trips in recent weeks.

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[uponit7771]

1. I posted something like this a couple of weeks ago, good time to be a trucker

[customerserviceguy]

2. And it's not just trucks

there are vast warehouses out there, that act as transfer points for goods. A truck backs in to one side of the building with say, 10,000 widgets on it, then ten of those widgets get loaded on to a truck on the other side of the warehouse, along with thing-a-ma-jigs, doohickeys, and many other items, to go to a store that ordered them.

Those warehouses are in flyover country, like Carlyle, Pennsylvania, and once the workers in the warehouses get sick, it's going to cripple the supply chain something fierce.