Analysis: Breakages in global supply chains can appear dramatic. The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal when the 400-metre Ever Given ran aground. The Marlin Luanda burning in the Gulf of Aden, struck by a Houthi missile. The Francis Scott Key Bridge crumpled into Baltimore’s harbour.
The effects of these supply chain difficulties, as we learned in 2021 and 2022, aren’t dramatic. They’re grim, they’re grinding, they’re frustrating, they’re costly.
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