March 26, 2021 04:33 PM UTC

About the Suez Canal....

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• by: wade norris

You may have heard about the Suez Canal being blocked by the Evergreen super cargo container.
But you might not know this:

Toilet Paper Is Next Likely Victim of World’s Container Crisis
By Fabiana Batista
March 24, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT Updated on March 24, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT

The world really doesn’t need more toilet paper problems. But unfortunately the biggest producer of wood pulp — the raw material for products including bath tissue — is warning that the global crunch in shipping containers could start creating supply snags.

Suzano SA primarily ships its pulp in cargo vessels known as break bulk. With demand surging for ships that carry ribbed steel containers, the squeeze is starting to spill over to break bulk and threatens to delay the company’s shipments, Chief Executive Officer Walter Schalka said in an interview.

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