Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been disruption in international trade affecting many areas one of the sectors being the supply chain on products in different countries. Now most countries are back to manufacturing though an anomaly is evident on quantity produced resulting in a bullwhip effect on the fleet of the containers supply chain. There is incapacitation of production in some countries as the virus ravages the globe. This has led to an inverse balance in the quantity of container fleet flow in international trade. This has led to the research to delve into the container shortage globally which is now a crisis. Identification of the nature of the crisis, the analysis of the impact this has propelled to has been discussed. Post-Covid strategies to mitigate this effect are presented. Thematic analysis has been used in this juncture due to limitations and delimitations of geographical location and Covid-19 restrictions.