The United States may experience much worse supply chain pains in the coming summer months because of the massive lockdowns ongoing in China, a large trucking company warned.
“We do forecast that to get a lot worse as we come into the summer months, particularly with what’s happening in the supply chain from an ocean perspective or in China coming inbound,” J.B. Hunt Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson said on Monday during an earnings call.
The company said that there is a temporary relief for now.
“I do think there has been a temporary relief in the dislocation from labor shortages and also just where shipments are located,” Simpson said.
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