Maersk head on Shanghai reopening: "Worst case, it will prolong bottlenecks"

Shanghai is coming out of its lockdown, and this may lead to a flood of containers heading toward the strained ports in the US and Europe. The biggest factor of uncertainty is, however, the gloomy economic outlook.
Photo: Aly Song/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Aly Song/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by niklas krigslund

In the worst-case scenario, it may lead to a ketchup effect of goods pouring out of China, prolonging supply chain bottlenecks, when Shanghai begins to open up following several months of extensive lockdown.

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