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# Ports of Auckland Shipping Container Snarl-up Chokes Supply
- URL: https://goodoil.news/ports-of-auckland-shipping-container-snarl-up-chokes-supply/
- Published: 2021-02-15T20:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-15T17:02:12.000Z
- Author: Andrew Bydder
- Tags: Business, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

A year into Covid and Ports of Auckland has failed to adapt. A massive snarl-up of shipping containers is choking the supply of goods into the country, and now some ships are skipping New Zealand altogether.

The building industry is in a boom right now, and there has been much talk about the shortage of labour. But now, the talk is about the shortage of screws.

![grey stainless steel bolt and screw lot](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fdtezcj11fk.jpg)

Photo by Marcel Strauß. The BFD

> The consequences are dire – potentially dragging the whole industry to a standstill. There is no sign the government is paying this any attention.

Forewarned is forearmed, so let us know in the comments what other oft-overlooked items might soon be missing from the shelves and what impact that will have on the country.

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