Containers pile up at China ports as lockdown blocks trucks

Chinese Covid measures continue to disrupt supply chains as truck drivers are prevented from picking up boxes at China’s biggest port in Shanghai due to compulsory virus testing.
Photo: AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Ann Koh, Bloomberg News

Containers full of frozen food and chemicals are piling up at China’s biggest port in Shanghai as a Covid lockdown in the city and compulsory virus testing means truckers can’t get to the docks to pick up boxes.

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