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Looking at financial markets and noticed shipping container rates were soaring.

CNBC had some of the best coverage with interviews. Others:

https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3265305...

https://www.xeneta.com/blog/what-is-behind-the-sudden-and-dr...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440707/global-container...

Relevance - almost everything in tech is made overseas and shipping rates affect the viability of many startups based on manufacturing. Might be heading back to the automobile microprocessor delivery gridlock and/or similar.