Ngokutsho kweNational Retail Federation (NRF), u-Agasti ubonakala njengenyanga ekhohlakeleyo kubathumeli baseMelika ngaphesheya kwePacific.
Ngenxa yokuba ikhonkco lokubonelela ligcwele kakhulu, kulindeleke ukuba inani leekhonteyina ezingena kuMntla Melika liyakuseta irekhodi elitsha lemfuno yokuthumela ngenqanawa ngexesha leholide. Kwangelo xesha, uMaersk ukwakhuphe isilumkiso sokuba njengoko ikhonkco lokubonelela liza kujongana noxinzelelo olukhulu kule nyanga, inkampani ibongoza abathengi ukuba babuyise izitya kunye ne-chassis ngokukhawuleza.
I-arhente ye-NRF yokulandelela izibuko yehlabathi iqikelele ngolwesiHlanu ukuba ukuthengwa kwe-US ngo-Agasti kuya kufikelela kwi-2.37 yezigidi ze-TEUs. Oku kuya kudlula inani elipheleleyo le-2.33 yezigidi ze-TEUs ngoMeyi.
I-NRF ithe le yeyona nyanga iphezulu iyonke okoko yaqalayo ukulandela imigqomo ephuma kumazwe angaphandle ngo-2002.
UMaersk uthe kudliwanondlebe nabathengi kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ngenxa yokwanda kwengxinano, "ifuna uncedo olubalulekileyo kubathengi." Esona sithwali sikhulu sehlabathi sithe abathengi babambe iikhonteyina kunye ne-chassis ixesha elide kunesiqhelo, okubangela ukunqongophala kwezinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kunye nokwandisa ukulibaziseka kumazibuko okuhamba kunye nendawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
"Ukushukuma kwetheminali yomthwalo ngumceli mngeni. Okukhona umthwalo uhlala kwitheminali, kwindawo yokugcina impahla, okanye kwisikhululo sikaloliwe, kokukhona kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi imeko." UMaersk uthe, "Ndiyathemba ukuba abathengi baya kubuyisela i-chassis kunye neekhonteyina ngokukhawuleza. Oku kuya kusenza thina kunye nabanye ababoneleli bafumane ithuba lokuthumela izixhobo ezibuyela kwi-port-high-demand port of departed ngesantya esiphezulu."
Umthuthi uthe izikhululo zokuhambisa eLos Angeles, eNew Jersey, eSavannah, eCharleston, eHouston, kunye nerempu kaloliwe eChicago ziya kwandisa iiyure zokusebenza kwaye zivule ngoMgqibelo ukukhawulezisa ukuthuthwa kwempahla.
UMaersk wongeze ukuba imeko yangoku ibonakala ngathi ayipheli kungekudala.
Bathe: "Asilindelanga ukuba ukuxinana kuya kuncitshiswa kwixesha elifutshane ... Ngokuchasene noko, kulindeleke ukuba ukunyuka komthamo wezothutho walo lonke ishishini kuya kuqhubeka kuze kube sekuqaleni kwe-2022 okanye nangaphezulu."
Baxumi abathandekayo, khawuleza kwaye u-odoleezishelfinikwayeileliukusuka kuthi, imithwalo iya kuba phezulu nangaphezulu ngexesha elifutshane, kwaye ukunqongophala kwezikhongozeli kuya kunqaba ngakumbi.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-11-2021