Yea international shipping is the bane of my existence right now. COVID and a few other factors have played into this. But it's not just shipping from the Pacific Rim. We've had containers from the EU (France / Germany) into the US and Canada suffer significant delays. But with Chinese New Year upcoming, I'd say any container not booked on a ship within the next week won't leave China until end of February.
And it's not just ocean freight delays. Inland freight is backed up as well. Had a rail transport from Vancouver to Toronto get delayed 2 weeks because of no space available. Domestic freight costs are also going up.
And don't get me started on Customs. Clearance times are up, and they seem to be inspecting more and more containers. And if they pull a shipment for detailed inspection and/or x-ray, forget about it. If they do that, you as the shipper are on the hook for those additional costs to inspect and store and have to take it on the chin. And it's not cheap. That full 20' container shipment from VAN to TO; dedicated container full of 19 metric tons of specialty cement in bags. With the additional xray and storage costs, I broke even on it.