In Chicago, the freight railroads are trying to catch up as containers arrive faster than they can be switched for onward transport, leading to ever-higher stacks of boxes at the region’s yards. The strains are being exacerbated by labor and equipment shortages across the shipping, trucking and rail industries.
This could be a great opportunity for looting. Sorry for my cynicism, but the world just witnessed supply chain looting in South Africa, after a year of “reparations” in the USA.. Chicago is surrounded by endless rail yards and trucking warehouses full of goods in transit. When certain politicians decided to promote racial violence in the run up to the 2020 elections, they weren’t smart enough to think about how to put this cat back in the bag. Surprise. North Africa was the bread basket of the Roman empire, but it is still a desert after being burned down near… Read more »
This could be a great opportunity for looting. Sorry for my cynicism, but the world just witnessed supply chain looting in South Africa, after a year of “reparations” in the USA.. Chicago is surrounded by endless rail yards and trucking warehouses full of goods in transit. When certain politicians decided to promote racial violence in the run up to the 2020 elections, they weren’t smart enough to think about how to put this cat back in the bag. Surprise. North Africa was the bread basket of the Roman empire, but it is still a desert after being burned down near… Read more »