Insight ReportSupply Chain Briefing: Lockdowns in China, New Phase of Chartered Ships and US Government Funding for Ports Coresight Research May 5, 2022 Reasons to ReadIn Coresight Research’s Supply Chain Briefing series, we examine key challenges and developments on retail’s supply side and their implications for the retail environment. In this report, we examine how the lockdowns in Shanghai (home to the world’s largest container port), Shenzhen and other parts of China have impacted the already strained global supply chain. We also look at Party City’s and Costco’s decisions to charter their own freighters, plus the US government’s announcement that it would provide $2.7 billion in funding to bolster US ports and waterways. Click here to read the previous report in the series, in which we explore the global impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on supply chains and FedEx’s new shipping container service designed to ease US port congestion. Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of the retail supply chain. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: AI Agents Power Cognitive Supply Chains: Insights from Blue Yonder ICON 2025 ConferenceThree Data Points We’re Watching This Week, Week 34: US Retail Sales Outlook2026 Sector Outlook: US Grocery Retailing—Volume Growth To Remain Constrained amid Cautious Consumer SpendingSentiment; Tariff Perceptions; Inflation Reactions—Taking the Consumer Pulse on Essentials: US Consumer Survey Insights
