The bankruptcy of South Korea 's Han Shipping continues to have a ripple effect on importers trying to bring goods from Asian factories to the US , as it has resulted in a shortage of trailers to move non - shipping containers onto US roads , warns Reuters . Han Shipping 's 500,000 stranded containers are clogging up ports and truck yards , thereby tying up shipping . “ If it ’s not fixed in the next couple of weeks , I think you ’ll see a huge ripple effect across the industry , ” warned Weston LaBar of Harbor Trucking Company in California . For example , Kroger , the grocery chain , said it had 880 containers tied up with Hanjin Shipping , and it did not expect to be able to return the containers once the products are received , meaning high costs and issues for the company .
The bankruptcy of South Korea's Hanjin Shipping continues to have a ripple effect on importers trying to bring goods from Asian factories to the US, as it has resulted in a shortage of trailers to move ocean-shipping containers onto US roads, warns Reuters. Hanjin Shipping's 500,000 stranded containers are clogging up ports and truck yards, thereby tying up trailers. “If it’s not fixed in the next couple of weeks, I think you’ll see a huge ripple effect across the industry,” warned Weston LaBar of Harbor Trucking Association in California. For example, Kroger, the grocery chain, said it had 880 containers tied up with Hanjin Shipping, and it did not expect to be able to return the containers once the products are received, meaning added costs and issues for the company.