Retailers pay more to fly everything from bikes to hot tubs from China as U.S. port backup delays deliveries
Hot tubs, vacuum cleaners and Peloton bikes are being shipped by air, which can take a couple of days from China instead of two to three months by ocean.
Retailers pay to fly goods from China as U.S. port backup delays deliveries Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Key Points The combination of a record number of containers arriving at the Port of Los Angeles and Covid-19 is slowing down imports to the U.S. The congestion at ports has some companies forgoing maritime shipping for airfreight to get popular or seasonal items on store shelves faster. Containers are seen on a shipping dock, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Port of L
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