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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani in New York

Books overboard! Supply chain headaches leave publishing all at sea

FILE PHOTO: Containers are stacked on the deck of the cargo ship as it's underway in New York Harbor in New York City, U.S. November 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Containers are stacked on the deck of the cargo ship in New York harbor. Containers lost at sea before another ship could dock at New York took supplies of two new cookbooks with them. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

The supply chain crisis over the last year has caused quite a splash for the book publishing industry – literally.

In early January, a large shipping vessel coming from Taiwan was stalled in the mid-Atlantic, its arrival into the port of New York delayed by port congestion. Intemperate weather – huge waves and powerful ocean winds – knocked 60 containers overboard. Another 89 containers were damaged as the ship rolled in the waves.

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