Ngokukhuphuka nokwehla kokuhwebelana komhlaba wonke, okwangempela "okunzima ukuthola ibhokisi" sekuphenduke "insalela enkulu".Ngonyaka odlule, amachweba amakhulu kunawo wonke e-United States, iLos Angeles neLong Beach, ayematasa.Inqwaba yemikhumbi yayiklelile, ilindele ukuthulula impahla yayo;kodwa manje, ngobusuku bangaphambi kwenkathi yokuthenga ematasatasa yonyaka, amachweba amabili amakhulu “amnyama”.Kukhona ukweqisa okukhulu kwesidingo.

Amachweba aseLos Angeles naseLong Beach aphathe iziqukathi ezingena ngaphakathi ezilayishwe ku-630,231 ngo-Okthoba, zehla ngo-26% unyaka nonyaka, kanye nenani eliphansi kakhulu lempahla engena emachwebeni kusukela ngoMeyi 2020, kubike abezindaba ngoLwesithathu.

UGene Seroka, inhloko yechweba laseLos Angeles, uthe akusekho ukushiyeka kwempahla, futhi iPort of Los Angeles ithola u-Okthoba othule kakhulu kusukela ngo-2009.

Ngaleso sikhathi, abahlinzeki besoftware ye-Supply chain iCartesian Systems bathi embikweni wabo wakamuva wezohwebo ukuthi ukuthengwa kwezimpahla ezifakwe e-US kwehle ngo-13% ngo-Okthoba kusukela ngonyaka owedlule, kodwa kwakungaphezulu kwamazinga ka-Okthoba 2019.Ukuhlaziywa kubonise ukuthi isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi "kuthule" ukuthi abathengisi nabakhiqizi baye banciphisa ama-oda avela phesheya kwezilwandle ngenxa yezimpahla eziphezulu noma ukuwohloka kwesidingo.USeroka uthe: “Sibikezele ngoMeyi ukuthi inani eliningi, umphumela we-bullwhip, uzopholisa imakethe yezimpahla ezikhulayo.Ngaphandle kwesizini yokuthunyelwa kwempahla ephezulu, abathengisi bakhansele ama-oda aphesheya futhi izinkampani zezimpahla zehlise umthamo ngaphambi kweBlack Friday kanye noKhisimusi.Cishe zonke izinkampani zinezimpahla ezinkulu, njengoba kuboniswa esilinganisweni se-inventory-to-sales, esisezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu emashumini eminyaka, okuphoqa abangenisa kwamanye amazwe ukuthi banciphise ukuthunyelwa okuvela kubahlinzeki baphesheya kwezilwandle.

Isidingo sabathengi base-US siphinde saqhubeka nokuba buthaka.Ngekota yesithathu, ukusetshenziswa kwezindleko zomuntu wase-US kukhule ngenani laminyaka yonke lika-1.4% ngekota ngekota, elingaphansi kwenani langaphambilini lika-2%.Ukusetshenziswa kwezimpahla ezihlala isikhathi eside kanye nezimpahla ezingahlali isikhathi eside kwahlala kungalungile, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwesevisi nakho kwaba buthaka.Njengoba uSeroka esho, imali esetshenziswa ngabathengi ezintweni ezihlala isikhathi eside njengefenisha nezinto zikagesi yehlile.

Amanani ama-spot ama-container ehlile njengoba abathenga kwamanye amazwe, abahlushwa yi-inventory, behlise ama-oda.

Ifu elimnyama lokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni wonke alimile nje kuphela embonini yemikhumbi, kodwa nasembonini yezokundiza.