China port backlog will take weeks to clear, Maersk says

Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2021

A backlog at China's largest container terminal caused by a Covid-19 outbreak among port workers will take several weeks to clear, the world's biggest shipping firm said Monday. Yantian port, in China's southern trade hub Shenzhen, stopped accepting new export containers in May after a local infection cluster involving port workers - stifling trade at a key point of the stressed global ship