The coronavirus outbreak is straining the just-in-time supply chains on which global business has come to depend, as US ports brace for cargo volumes to drop by 20 per cent or more in the first quarter of 2020. The Port of Los Angeles saw cargo volumes fall by just over 5 per cent in January but expects a 25 per cent drop for February and the Port of Oakland has seen a 20% drop in shipping traffic entering the port due to the coronavirus outbreak in China.
