Pent-up worldwide demand squeezing global supply chain

SALT LAKE CITY — Store shelves are emptying, ports are backed up, the holiday shopping season is approaching. The global supply-chain mess is likely to get messier before it gets better, says a Utah import/export specialist, Miles Hansen, president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah.

He added the global supply-chain crisis highlights the importance of Utah’s inland port and its benefit to the North American supply chain…