South China’s port congestion has gone from bad to worse – delays at Yantian are spilling over to nearby Shekou and Nansha.
When the bottleneck began over two weeks ago, Hutchison-run Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) blamed out-of-whack shipping schedules for suspending laden export operations.
Since then, however, multiple shipping lines, including Maersk, have blamed Covid-19 for causing the poor port productivity in the Pearl River Delta.
The company said yesterday: “The situation …

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