To be a cross-border e-commerce business, you must have a big heart. In the process of goods transportation, unexpected situations may occur at any time, such as the accident in California last week.

It is reported that on Friday, August 12, local time in the United States, a chemical substance leaked from a railcar in Riverside County, California. At a news conference on Friday, authorities revealed that the leaked chemical was styrene, a chemical often used to make foam products, latex and synthetic rubber. The leaked storage tank contained about 1,000 pounds of chemicals.

Local residents were evacuated and the 215 Expressway was closed in both directions due to fears that the chemical tanker would overheat and explode at any time. Affected by this, Amazon's ONT8, ONT9, XLX2, and SBD3 are closed urgently, and the recovery time is waiting for notification.

Due to the extremely high temperature of the oil tank, the staff cannot get close to the tank. Even if it goes well, it is expected that the follow-up processing will take at least 2-3 days, which means that it may take at least a week or even longer for the goods in the above warehouses to be rescheduled for delivery. Cross-border e-commerce sellers who plan to ship to Amazon/SBD3 and other warehouses in the near future should be prepared for delays and remediation at any time.

So will encountering such uncontrollable emergencies affect the seller? If the goods are delayed for a period of time in the off-season, it will have little impact on the seller, because the warehouse has enough inventory, and the delay in stocking will also delay the time to put the goods into the warehouse. As long as the time is not too long, it will not affect the normal delivery of the goods.

If there is an unexpected situation during the peak season, it may not only delay the warehousing of the goods, but also affect the seller's store rankings, making the seller's hard-working peak season preparations in vain. So how do sellers deal with such emergencies?

Sellers should not worry too much when they encounter such uncontrollable events. They can let the logistics company follow up the back-end situation at any time, re-create the shipment to other warehouses, and then send the goods from domestic small batches to international express delivery, first small batches Restock inventory and wait for emergencies to be resolved.

Or the seller prepares the goods in the overseas warehouse in the United States in advance. If one of Amazon's warehouses is temporarily closed, the seller can put the goods on the shelves from other normal warehouses where the goods are transferred from the overseas warehouse in the United States, or can directly ship the goods in the overseas warehouse in the United States. Or move the warehouse from Amazon Canada to the overseas warehouse in Canada, and then transfer from the overseas warehouse in Canada to the Amazon warehouse in the United States. The delivery time from the United States is relatively fast, and there is no need to worry about logistics and customs clearance.

If the goods cannot be put into the warehouse due to unexpected circumstances, the seller can also notify the logistics provider to transfer the goods to the overseas warehouse in the United States, and then re-brand and transfer the goods to the warehouse. The delay of goods is not terrible, more preparations, more choices!