# The Ongoing Shipping Crisis Is Raising Concern In The Dairy Industry - EDairy News English

> Container ship anchorage waits outside Southern California ports reached 8.5 days, with 47 ships waiting, near record levels. Congestion is also growing at Oakland, the Gulf and Savannah, and Shanghai-bound container rates were up 180% year over year.

- Date: 2021-09-30 · published 2021-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4638-the-ongoing-shipping-crisis-is-raising-concern-in-the-dairy-industry-edairy
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Port delays limit how much dairy cargo can be loaded on outbound ships, which weakens US export flows and pressures dairy prices. High container freight costs also raise the landed cost of imported feed.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-12-02 | [This Week In Dairy 12-02-2022 - Total Farm Marketing by Stewart-Peterson](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8751-this-week-in-dairy-12-02-2022-total-farm-marketing-by-stewart-peterson.md) | +0.9% | +1.3% |
| MILK | 2017-04-03 | [Plant drops farmers as capacity reached, spring flush arrives early \| Country Today \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7389-plant-drops-farmers-as-capacity-reached-spring-flush-arrives-early-country.md) | -4.6% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- en.edairynews.com: https://en.edairynews.com/the-ongoing-shipping-crisis-is-raising-concern-in-the-dairy-industry/

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