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It only took a single container ship to block the Suez Canal for six days. It’s estimated that this resulted in the blocking of around $400 million worth of goods per hour - or $9.6 billion per day. Supply chains around the world descended into chaos. It was yet another wake-up call revealing how something as small as a traffic jam can hobble global business overnight.