There are frequent delivery problems at the end of the United States, and there is another moth in the Amazon warehouse!

Some time ago, news came out one after another that many Amazon warehouses in the United States were temporarily closed due to the severe impact of the winter storm that hit the United States. Many people originally thought that the bad weather would only have a short-term impact on product shipments, but this is not the case.

Recently, not only the news of "emergency closure of multiple Amazon warehouses" has continued to flood the screen, but the issue of Amazon's warehouse explosion has also been widely raised.

Amazon's warehouse explosion is serious, and multiple warehouses are temporarily closed!

" Recently, have your American goods been put on the shelves quickly after entering the warehouse ? My goods entered the warehouse in December and have not been registered until now . The products have been out of stock for a while. " Before the holiday, many Amazon sellers reported to the warehouse The work efficiency is very low, and the product receiving and putting on the shelves is slow. Now more and more sellers have the same experience. For a while, news of the temporary closure of various Amazon warehouses spread like wildfire. According to freight forwarding feedback:

1. Amazon XLX2 will start to close the warehouse on February 16, 2023. This is a third-party warehouse, and Amazon has not officially notified it.

2. Warehouses such as SMF3, SBD1, and GYR3 are due to the upgrade of the staff's iris entry system, the appointment is postponed or canceled, and the delivery time is delayed. Among them, SMF3 has closed the warehouse and temporarily does not accept goods into the warehouse. I don’t know when it will resume. The delivery of SBD1 is expected to be delayed, and the situation of rejection may occur in the near future. GYR3's recent cargo delivery has not been affected yet, and it may be affected in the future.

3. Due to the limited operation of QXY9, Amazon has not approved the appointment at present, and it is impossible to know the specific delivery date; LAX9 currently has at least 15-20 days of delay in the appointment;

In addition , AWD warehouses IUSL and KRB7 satellite warehouses have high frequency of cancellation and postponement due to operational restrictions, and delivery timeliness is difficult to control. The earliest delivery date reserved by Carrier Central is from the end of May to the beginning of June. The reply from Amazon logistics said that the current pick-up date is expected to be 2-3 weeks later, and the specific date cannot be given, and the delivery will be limited!

Regarding the above news, the editor also consulted a number of freight forwarders. Some people said that they had not received relevant notices, but many people said that the news was basically true.

"Affected by Amazon laying off a large number of warehouse personnel and insufficient shipping capacity , Amazon has recently exploded its warehouse. Although sometimes it is expected that the delivery time will be advanced, and more often it will be delayed. In addition, we must pay attention to the QXY9 warehouse . Some products require 1 piece. It will take many months to put it on the shelves, and if it has not been put on the shelves, you can contact Amazon customer service with the delivery certificate to check, " one of the industry insiders said.

"It has been confirmed that the XLX2 warehouse will be closed due to management problems, and those who have an appointment before February 16 can receive it normally." Another freight forwarder said from his own warehouse delivery experience that /SBD1 was not temporarily closed, but the warehouse was exploded on a certain day. If the goods cannot be received within a certain period of time, the re-delivery after adjusting the appointment will not affect the delivery at all.

Regarding the SMF3 warehouse, there are relatively more disputes, and there are claims of liquidation and temporary closure. "The internal maintenance of the SMF3 warehouse has been temporarily closed, and the ones assigned to this warehouse cannot be shipped recently." An Amazon seller said that he has confirmed through multiple parties that SMF3 will be closed for the next three weeks. If the news is true, the impact on the seller will not be great. It's not that big. As we all know, the SMF3 warehouse is a popular warehouse, and many of the seller's goods will be allocated to this warehouse. If the product is about to be out of stock, there is a high probability that it will not be put on the shelves in time.

However, there is also feedback from the freight forwarder that the warehouse is not temporarily closed, but the warehouse is bursting on a certain day, or the goods cannot be received at a certain time period. After adjusting the appointment, re-delivery will not affect the delivery at all. However, the SMF3 appointment is indeed not stable. Get the appointment Will also skip appointments. Judging from the seller’s product feedback, the efficiency of the SMF3 warehouse is really worrying now, and many people have signed for the goods for a month and have not received them yet.

It is also worth noting that bad weather has also exacerbated the explosion of warehouses in the United States. Recently, many places in the United States have experienced continuous cold weather. The central plains of the United States have been affected by cold currents and monsoons. The surrounding areas of Dallas have been severely affected by snowstorms. There will definitely be a certain degree of delay, and warehouses such as FTW1, FTW2, FTW5, and DFW6 dispatched to Dallas will be affected to a certain extent.

In addition, AFW1 Amazon warehouses were damaged due to the damage caused by the cold weather. The seller confirmed to Amazon customer service that the AFW1 warehouse has been temporarily closed due to damage to the site structure due to severe weather events. Now the operation center is being repaired, so all products in this warehouse are in a state of undeliverable status, and it is expected to resume on April 30. normal. It can be expected that the sellers whose products are in this warehouse will be cheated miserably again.

Here we go again, strikes continue across Europe!

The final delivery in the United States is worrying, and the logistics situation in Europe is not optimistic. The British went on strike because of wages, the French protested against the postponement of retirement and continued to march, and Germany also went on strike to demand wage increases …

On February 6, local time , in order to express dissatisfaction with the current income, postal workers across Germany held a two-day strike under the call of the German Service Industry Union, with as many as 160,000 postal employees participating.

In addition to asking postal workers to stop delivering letters and packages, German service trade unions also held protest rallies in Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Frankfurt and other cities. Under the strike, more than 5 million letters and more than 1 million packages were delayed on February 7 alone, far exceeding expectations. It is understood that Deutsche Post conducted two rounds of labor negotiations in January this year, all of which ended in failure. On February 8, local time, the German Service Trade Union and Deutsche Post started the third round of salary negotiations, and Deutsche Post may meet some of the requirements.

"If there is one less transportation channel, the goods will inevitably be stranded," said a freight forwarder.

Large-scale demonstrations have also taken place in the UK, and there will be strikes in the future. Royal Mail has confirmed workers will go on strike on February 16 and February 17, when parcel deliveries will be disrupted. In order to reduce the impact on the seller's business, eBay UK announced that it will protect the seller's performance from February 12 (Sunday) to February 20 (Monday).

Strike action in France was also aroused. According to foreign media reports, the port of Le Havre, the second largest port for cargo transportation in France , was blocked by protesters in the early morning of the 7th. The transportation sector was the most severely affected by the strike. Only about half of the French rail transit trains remained in normal operation.

The importance of logistics and transportation to sellers is self-evident, and sellers need to pay attention to the latest progress of last-mile delivery in a timely manner.