- Dozens of container dispatches are stuck waiting off the coast of New York, per Mail Online.
- It comes amid surging demand for goods ahead of the sabbatical season and a national labor shortage.
- Port of New York and New Jersey appears to be facing similar issues as West skim ports.
Around 24 cargo ships and oil tankers are stuck waiting to dock off the littoral of Long Island, New York, due to a surge in demand for consumer goods and short-staffed ports.
MarineTraffic, the global ship track site, showed ships gathered a few miles off the coastline that stretches from Long Beach in the west to Lido Lido and Jones Beach Island in the east, The Daily Mail reported.
The ships appeared to have been stuck in charge since at least Saturday evening, the outlet added.
Pandemic-induced shopping sprees ahead of the holiday season, coupled with a chauvinistic labor shortage, are thought to be the main cause.
Similar issues have been occurring on the West coast in modern weeks. Insider previously reported that 56 container ships were stuck at anchor or in drift spaces off of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.
Those ports were dealing with 140 ships, including 87 freighters, according to Insider’s report.
According to Container Good copy, the Port of New York and New Jersey serves the world’s major ocean carriers and global alliances and consists of a complex of close to 386 km of shipping channels, as well as anchorages, and port facilities.
With record numbers of huge cargo trucks clogging key ports, causing a knock-on effect on the global supply chain, many retailers are being forced to get creative ways to overcome shortages and price hikes, Insider previously reported.