A good 140 container ships, about 3.5% of the world’s capacity, are lying off the west coast of US and the ports of Shanghai and Ningbo in China, which are opening up again after Typhoon Chanthu. The ships are waiting to be loaded and unloaded – a clear sign of port and domestic logistics congestion, but also of increasing weather unpredictability. Additionally, the fight against Covid-19 continues. Quarantined ship crew, truckers, railway workers, dockworkers and customs officials have become almost... (17.09.2021)