Shanghai halts some traffic at port, airport amid Typhoon Chanthu | Business and Economy News

The halts are likely to further delay shipments and damage global supply chains, which are already struggling to deal with record exports from China and the effects of local COVID-19 outbreaks. Shanghai has halted some container port operations and will cancel most flights Monday and Tuesday as Typhoon Chanthu approaches the city, which is China's financial capital and a major shipping hub. The city's container port, the world's biggest, has suspended some container-related operations, Shanghai International Port Group said in a statement on its wechat account. While the tropical storm was expected to make landfall in the southern part of…