RV Parts Shortages, Cargo Ships Can't Unload

Above, don't blame Camping World and other RV parts stores for shortages. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Yesterday, I went to three places in Gallup to get a six-pack of Corona Extra beer for tonight's dinner at historian Martin Link's in Gallup. 

There was plenty of Corona Light, but not Corona Extra. Why was this? Well, it is the shortage of glass and bottles, I was told. I ended up getting some Blue Moon instead.

Shortages of different products is the result of a lack of materials and workers due to the pandemic. This also extends into the RV industry. Cargo ships are sitting anchored off Long Beach and San Pedro due to the lack of enough dock workers to unload them.

According to RV Travel:

We are now nearly 18 months since the unofficial start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it looks like we are still a very long way from reattaching all of the links in the long, broken supply chain.

Last week, the queue of container ships waiting to enter the harbors in Los Angeles and Long Beach hit an all-time high of 65 huge vessels. The real killer is that they will have to wait out there, within sight of shore, an average of nearly nine days before they are allowed to off-load their precious cargo.

That means you’ve still got a long wait in store for that missing RV toilet flush pedal, air conditioner fan, or whatever else you need to keep your rig rolling for the rest of 2021 and into 2022.

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