Economics

Global Shipping Snarls Look to Linger Well Into Next Year

Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

Manufacturers and shipping executives in Asia, the world’s factory floor, have a simple message on the global supply crunch: It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

That was the message to Bloomberg correspondents in interviews with those on the front line of production and transportation. What was hoped to be a short-term crunch now looks lasting well into 2022.