China Port Congestion Leaves Everything From Grains to Metals Stranded
- Ship queues rise at Shanghai and Ningbo amid trucking shortage
- Vessels divert to Qingdao, Tianjin to avoid congestion
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Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into the country.
Queues of vessels carrying raw materials have jumped after Shanghai initiated a city-wide lockdown at the end of last month to combat Covid-19. More than two weeks on, the congestion has expanded to nearby Ningbo-Zhoushan as ship-owners desperately divert ships to other ports in the country to avoid the trucker shortage and warehouse closures in Shanghai.