A Shipping Delay

The bottom line first:   We are delaying shipment of the CSC Cyclones from Zongshen from 25 January to 9 February.   I know this is a disappointment to you (it is to us, too), but it is unavoidable.    The problem is a western US port work stoppage.   Everything coming by ship across the Pacific is being held up at sea at all of our ports, with Long Beach (our port of entry) having the worst problems.

There’s a labor action between the west coast dockworkers (the International Longshore and Warehouse Union) and their employers (the ports) that is preventing the ships from being unloaded.   We’ve looked into bringing the ships into other ports, but the problem affects the entire western US.  Rather than have the ships simply sit at sea (as many are doing right now), we’ve discussed this with Zongshen and our new ship date is 9 February.  We’re hopeful the labor issues will be resolved by then.

I wish this wasn’t happening, but it is.   We’ve been watching this closely and we wanted to let you know what we are doing.

Folks, we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.