CONTAINER pile-ups at US rail yards are adding to port strains, with 100 containerships waiting to enter US ports from Southern California to Savannah, Georgia, reports Bloomberg News.
The dwell time for containers at 11 major railroad depots reached an average of 9.8 days this month, up from 6.7 days in May and 5.9 in February.
Los Angeles leads the pack, with containers waiting an average of 16 days before being picked The delays are also surging in Charleston, South Carolina, and Detroit.
'So we have literally hundreds of disruptions in our supply chain and it really changes on a daily and weekly basis,' said General Mills group president of North America Jonathon Nudi.
'The bulk of our discussions right now with retailers are really around service and making sure that we can ship the product that our consumers are ultimately looking for.' said Mr Nudi.
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The dwell time for containers at 11 major railroad depots reached an average of 9.8 days this month, up from 6.7 days in May and 5.9 in February.
Los Angeles leads the pack, with containers waiting an average of 16 days before being picked The delays are also surging in Charleston, South Carolina, and Detroit.
'So we have literally hundreds of disruptions in our supply chain and it really changes on a daily and weekly basis,' said General Mills group president of North America Jonathon Nudi.
'The bulk of our discussions right now with retailers are really around service and making sure that we can ship the product that our consumers are ultimately looking for.' said Mr Nudi.
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