Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID-19 cases


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BEIJING: Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal in Ningbo where a COVID-19 case was detected this week. Tighter restrictions to fight China's latest coronavirus outbreak are starting to hit more parts of the economy . The highly transmissable Delta variant has been detected in more than a dozen cities since late July. The closure of a key terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan port on the east coast - the world's third busiest cargo port, which handled about 1.2 billion tonnes in 2020 - reflects China's determination to squash...