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 those chassis get all occupied, or a good percentage of them, where the containers are just sitting on them with nowhere to deliver, that disrupts the supply chain,” Cordero said. “ 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 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 .