This is what, the sixth massive industrial explosion this week? And another blow to shipping?

You have to be thoroughly asleep not to realize we are under attack. The whole global supply chain, food supply, and at the core: humanity.

#SupplyChain

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/massive-blast-rips-through-dubais-main-port-reports-container-ship-fire

Even shipping issues / collapse of supply chain are now being blamed on unvaccinated sailors - the rhetoric has been turned up to 11:

- A slow rollout of COVID-19 for seafarers risks worsening a worldwide shipping crisis.
- Infections on vessels are rising, which could further harm already strained global supply chains.
- Shipping experts warn of delays and a tightened labor pool leading up to Christmas.

"When outbreaks occur on ships it can endanger marine works and cause further disruption to trade."

#SupplyChain

https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-crisis-labor-shortage-covid-seafarers-maritime-workers-vaccines-2021-7

By popular request: here is a copy of the "list of lists" via survivalblog that offers an extensive look at ideas/supplies to stock up on in advance of further supply chain degradation:

#SupplyChain

https://iceagefarmer.com/docs/rawles-listoflists.xls

WSJ / western media now reporting exactly what I’d said yesterday - this is a shutdown of the shipping arteries that carry global food and fertilizer supplies.

Now western media can blame Putin for food shortages. Sure, it’s not the Grand Solar Minimum, or insane C19 policies, etc..

This doesn't need to become nuclear -- it is enough to be a cover story for why there is no food.

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine throttled exports from one of the world’s largest grain suppliers after the country’s ports went quiet and traders halted operations. 

At stake is the 13% of global corn exports and the 12% of wheat that flow from Ukraine. In threatening those flows Moscow risks disrupting supplies to China while setting off a scramble among customers in fragile Middle Eastern economies at a time when food inflation is already high. 

An ocean vessel chartered by one of the world’s largest food suppliers, Cargill Inc., was hit by a projectile off the coast of Ukraine in the Black Sea on Thursday. Minnesota-based Cargill, which operates an export terminal in Ukraine, said the ship is seaworthy and no one was injured.

… If the situation on the ground escalates to a position where farmers can’t apply pesticides or fertilizers to their wheat, which will start in March, that could reduce the yield by up to a third, presuming they can harvest in July, Mr. Lee said.

#Ukraine #Wheat #Corn #Shipping #SupplyChain

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-ukraine-invasion-chokes-food-exports-from-global-breadbasket-11645798059

Farmers are not able to get the inputs they need to plant the crops they’d intended.

Up from 52% in February, now 87% retails reporting #SupplyChain issues that will impact food production.

Farmers intend to plant 4% fewer acres in 2022, largely due to fertilizer prices, according to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report.

source: https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/planting/are-there-enough-chemicals-and-fertilizer-plant-years-crop-inside-look-whats

Wow: Shanghai’s backlog of ships is quite literally off the chart, even compared to the disturbances last year.

US and global supply chains are about to go from “severely strained” to “completely broken.”

Need it? Buy it now. And buckle up…

#SupplyChain #china

Just a bit of marine traffic backed up there in Shanghai — get ready for massive supply shock (see previous post)

#SupplyChain #china

EVACUATE THE GRAIN:

Nearly 25 million tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine, says UN food agency

Nearly 25 million tonnes of grains are stuck in Ukraine and unable to leave the country due to infrastructure challenges and blocked Black Sea ports including Mariupol, a U.N. food agency official said on Friday.

“It’s an almost grotesque situation we see at the moment in Ukraine with nearly 25 mln tonnes of grain that could be exported but that cannot leave the country simply because of lack of infrastructure, the blockade of the ports,” Josef Schmidhuber, FAO Deputy Director, Markets and Trade Division told a Geneva press briefing via Zoom.

Schmidhuber said the full silos could result in storage shortages during the next harvest in July and August.

Head of the WTO announced, “It would really help the world if we could evacuate this grain (from Ukraine),” — Earlier this week, the head of the World Trade Organization told Reuters she was “seriously worried” about spiraling food prices and seeking solutions alongside other partners.

#SupplyChain #shipping #wheat #ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-un-grains/nearly-25-million-tonnes-of-grain-stuck-in-ukraine-says-un-food-agency-idUSKCN2MS0PX