Coronavirus: Shanghai port grapples with increasing congestion as mainland’s top shipping hub faces manpower crunch


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Shanghai port, which has been running at about half of its capacity for a month due to a citywide lockdown, is facing increasing congestion amid a lack of trucking services and manpower. Imported containers are left unattended at the yards for as long as 12 days, compared with four and a half days before the lockdown, according to Freightos, a global freight booking platform. And the time taken for ships waiting for a berth at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port has risen to two days, from 12 hours in late March. “There have been some skipped port calls at Shanghai and...