Amazon is avoiding the worst of the supply chain chaos by making its own containers, chartering private ships and using long-haul planes to get goods from China to the U.S. faster.
has been quietly chartering private cargo ships, making its own containers, and leasing planes to better control the complicated shipping journey of an online order. Now, as many retailers panic over supply chain chaos, Amazon's costly early moves are helping it avoid the long wait times for available dock space and workers at the country's busiest ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
By chartering private cargo vessels to carry its goods, Amazon can control where its goods go, avoiding the most congested ports.
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