In November, Walmart VP of Supply Chain Operations Joe Metzger took to LinkedIn to say that the company’s pop-up yard is processing over 500 containers per day out of the backlogged ports.

Walmart is using an empty lot to process over 500 shipping containers per day, according to its VP of Supply Chain Operations. The retailer is one of many to create pop-up facilities to address ...

Photo: Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press J.B. Hunt Transport Services plans to buy retail giant Walmart ’s intermodal container and chassis fleets as part of a new multiyear shipping deal with the retailer.

In 2019, Walmart imported enough goods to equal 893,000 shipping containers, resulting in some 3.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Now large retailers like Costco, Walmart and Home Depot have started to take matters into their own hands by renting out their own shipping containers and looking for different ports of entry.

The global pandemic triggered sky-high spending on manufactured goods. This increased spending created a huge bottleneck in the supply chain that could last for years. WIRED takes a look at the ...