Shanghai port runs out of space for refrigerated containers

Stacks of refrigerated containers with Maersk and MSC logos on the side. The Port of Shanghai can't accommodate these containers anymore because of overcrowding.

Container vessel operators are preparing to divert refrigerated containers destined for Shanghai to other ports because the area to plug into electric power is full of cargo that trucks can’t retrieve in the face of a citywide COVID lockdown.

The notices to customers are the latest manifestation of how the strict restrictions on movement within the city are impacting imports and exports through the world’s largest container port and Pudong International Airport.

Authorities in Shanghai have...

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