If I understand correctly, if you want to get something shipped, you can't pay a fixed price anymore. You have to pay spot, which is exhorbitant. So not only is there a massive delay in getting your goods shipped, there is a massive extra cost.
> For the month of May, everything on the trans-Pacific is basically sold out. We had one client who needed something loaded in May that was extremely urgent and who was ready to pay $15,000 per container. I couldn’t get it loaded