2021 was undoubtedly another year of challenges for supply chains among the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pressures rose as the end of the year approached.
At the beginning of November, shipping group Maersk reported a total of 300 container vessels laying idle outside ports around the world due to the lack of truck drivers available to offload goods. Numerous countries continue to battle the issues created by driver shortage; American Trucking Associations reported a record deficit of 80,000 drivers in…
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