Posted on 02/25/2020 12:30:35 PM PST by Rebelbase
It’s REEFER MADNESS again.
Interesting aspect I hadnt thought of.
Beat me to it. :)
I cant imagine why anyone would still be shipping anything into China.
Maybe some final shipments are arriving now, but business there effectively stopped 6 weeks ago - first for Lunar New Year and then for Corona-virus.
In a few weeks, there will be nothing coming in.
Can someone explain what this means in layman’s terms? What is a reefer in this context? What is the cause and effect of what is being described?
I wonder how much one of the refrigerated container costs. Cannot be cheap to just leave on the dock.
Chaos in the maritime shipping world - there goes the JIT formula - shortages like those now seen in northern Italian grocery stores will begin to become more common.
OK, gang. I’m going to take a “toke” at this, and render your drug-induced thoughts “up in smoke.”
“A reefer container is a refrigerated shipping container used to store or transport frozen or cold goods perishable items or goods that require temperature control.”
So now you know the full “dope” of the story, which was written in a trade publication with jargon specific to the industry.
I cant imagine why anyone would still be shipping anything into China.
That’s why
If you are the logistics manager of the widget, you dont ship to them if they tell you their factory is closed for 3 months.
Bad enough in itself, but the flow through and ripple down effects can be much worse as they impact other just in time pieces of the supply chains process stream
fine, the point is still the same - the end product still not made because there are no other factories in any other country that can make the part in needed volume or at all.
Interrupting continous-flow processes, especially for longer periods, makes for slow restarts, too.
Calling Sgt Stedenko...
At some point the dislocations become frequent and widespread enough that it bogs down the system to the point that completed items get stuck in the furball
Reefer is a refrigerated carrier of any type. Think of that pork chop that got pushed to the back of the frige, for a long time ...
Schweet!!
I think this corona thing is substantially stenchier than what is being reported. Not the deaths. The supply chain issues.
Usually a 20 foot container with built in refrigeration equipment. Can also be 40 and can be 10 foot and can also be a tank-tainer. Fully self contained. They can run out of fuel and become hot boxes. Stuff in them can go bad even while under refrigeration just like in your fridge. They can also be freezer containers. They are handled just like regular shipping containers by cranes, rail, ships and trucks.
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