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Shipment slowdown from Asia is ‘temporary,’ say experts February 5, 2021 Does it seem like it’s taking longer than normal for those container loads of tires that you’ve ordered from Asia to arrive? Well, that’s because it is – thanks to what some are calling “a perfect storm” of interconnected events that have constrained shipping capacity coming out of that region. Tire manufacturers, tire distributors and tire dealers throughout North America have been struggling with the knock-on effect of this scenario since last year. And we’re still in choppy waters. Here’s what happened, according to Martin Dixon, director of research...
