When will the tide turn in the container shortage?

Mike Chalmers

21 June 2021

The shortfall of shipping containers around the world is another symptom of the chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Mike Chalmers reports.

​Shipping has become the backbone of global trade in recent decades, with more than 90 per cent of world trade in goods being carried by the international seaborne shipping industry. This type of supply chain requires an enormous number of shipping containers, yet the shipping industry has suddenly found itself…

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