> Surprisingly (for its author) this analysis misses the most remarkable part of the story. This is mentioned at the very beginning of the article, in the quot

> Surprisingly (for its author) this analysis misses the most remarkable part of the story. This is mentioned at the very beginning of the article, in the quote from the CNBC article: "By chartering private cargo vessels to carry its goods, Amazon can control where its goods go, avoiding the most congested ports." And another quote mentions Amazon shipping to Washington: "That CNBC story follows on a similar story in Bloomberg last month that opens with an anecdote about one of Amazon’s workarounds: 'Most cargo ships putting into the port of Everett, Washington, brim with cement and lumber. So when the Olive Bay docked in early November, it was clear this was no ordinary shipment. Below decks was rolled steel bound for Vancouver, British Columbia, and piled on top were 181 containers emblazoned with the Amazon logo.' Some were empty and immediately used to shuffle inventory between the company’s warehouses."