Goods need to get to market, which is handled by shippers.
Markets may be local, global, or anything in between, so the producer must tailor its shipping needs for supply chain movement accordingly.
Planes, trains, trucks, ships, and even cars are all involved in the vital transport of goods.
Whether your shipment is a small parcel that fits in a 6"x8" padded envelope and goes between adjacent ZIP codes in a small box truck or an FTL that requires a 40' container that will travel by truck, train, and ship, in that order, then travel again by rail to truck, to get to its destination, the supply chain is a very well coordinated web of uncertainty and trust.
So are many over-the-road truckers moving goods long distances within the U.S. Shorter distances, used to consolidate cargo in shipping terminals for same or en-route destinations, are almost exclusively locals, born and raised in the U.S. Routes used to consolidate and transport freight for same or en-route destinations are called shipping lanes, and they apply to all types of transport, though obviously they are not identical.
In the shipping world, this could have been an absolute catastrophe.
What if, simultaneously, all shipping companies were attacked? What if, simultaneously, communication networks were attacked? What then? How would my company communicate our shipping needs? The company I work for does not sell essentials.
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