By Mary Kennedy
DTN Cash Grains Analyst
The current shipping crisis has been an ongoing fiasco for well over a year and it continues to get worse. Shipping containers to load soybeans and other commodities have been elusive, especially for many ag shippers, as containers were returned to China empty. Railroad yards have been backlogged with containers for months.
Perhaps the most stunning image of this entire mess is full container ships anchored off the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to berth and unload their precious cargo. Terminals are packed full of both loaded import containers and empty containers waiting to be loaded onto vessels or with export goods.