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Roland Berger analyzes maritime chokepoints such as the Suez Canal, which carries about 12% of world trade. It recalls the 2021 Ever Given blockage that held up roughly $775 million in goods for six days.
The piece argues that concentrated shipping routes create supply chain risk and push firms to look for alternatives.
Chokepoint risk raises the chance of sudden freight spikes and delivery delays for imported feed ingredients. Buyers should factor route-disruption risk into forward shipping and inventory decisions.
rolandberger.comJean-Paul Rodrigue
Professor of geography
Hofstra UniversityJul 25, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
