Ngokusho kweNational Retail Federation (NRF), u-August ubonakala eyinyanga enonya kakhulu kubathumeli bemikhumbi baseMelika ngaphesheya kwePacific.
Ngenxa yokuthi i-supply chain igcwele ngokweqile, kulindeleke ukuthi inani lamabhokisi angena eNyakatho Melika lizoqopha irekhodi elisha lesidingo sokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi phakathi nenkathi yamaholide. Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-Maersk iphinde yakhipha isexwayiso sokuthi njengoba uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka luzobhekana nengcindezi enkulu kule nyanga, inkampani inxusa amakhasimende ukuthi abuyisele iziqukathi kanye no-chassis ngokushesha okukhulu.
I-ejensi yomhlaba wonke ye-NRF yokulandela ngomkhondo ichweba ibikezele ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi ukungenisa kwe-US ngo-Agasti kuzofinyelela kuma-TEU ayizigidi ezingu-2.37. Lokhu kuzodlula inani eliphelele lama-TEU ayizigidi ezi-2.33 ngoMeyi.
I-NRF ithe lesi yisamba esiphezulu senyanga selokhu yaqala ukulandelela amakhonteyina avela kwamanye amazwe ngo-2002. Uma isimo siyiqiniso, idatha ka-Agasti izokhuphuka ngo-12.6% esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
UMaersk uthe ekubonisaneni namakhasimende ngeledlule ukuthi ngenxa yokwanda kwesiminyaminya, "idinga usizo olubalulekile kumakhasimende." Inkampani ephethe amakhonteyna enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ithe amakhasimende abambe iziqukathi no-chassis isikhathi eside kunokuvamile, okubangele ukushoda kwezinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kanye nokubambezeleka okwandayo emachwebeni okusuka nalapho aya khona.
"Ukuhamba kwempahla kuyinselele. Uma impahla ihlala isikhathi eside esikhumulweni sezindiza, esitolo noma esikhumulweni sesitimela, isimo sizoba nzima kakhulu." UMaersk uthe, "Ngiyethemba ukuthi amakhasimende azobuyisela u-chassis nama-container ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi thina nabanye abahlinzeki bempahla sibe nethuba lokubuyisela imishini esikhumulweni semikhumbi esidingeka kakhulu sokusuka ngesivinini esisheshayo."
Umthwali uthe izikhumulo zemikhumbi e-Los Angeles, New Jersey, Savannah, Charleston, Houston, kanye nomzila wesitimela eChicago zizonweba amahora ebhizinisi futhi zivule ngoMgqibelo ukuze kusheshiswe ukuthuthwa kwempahla.
UMaersk wengeze ngokuthi isimo samanje asibonakali siphela maduze.
Bathe: "Asilindele ukuthi ukuminyana kuzoncipha esikhathini esifushane...Ngokuphambene nalokho, kulindeleke ukuthi ukwanda komthamo wezokuthutha embonini yonke kuqhubeke kuze kube sekuqaleni kuka-2022 noma ngaphezulu kwalokho."
Amakhasimende athandekayo, sheshani ni-odeukubeka amashelufufuthiizitebhisiukusuka kithi, umthwalo uzokhuphuka futhi ukhuphuke ngesikhathi esifushane, futhi ukushoda kweziqukathi kuzoncipha.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-11-2021