Container congestion spreads as key China terminal remains closed

The continued closure of a container terminal in Ningbo-Zhoushan port has added to a growing backlog of boxships at ports on both sides of the Pacific.

The Ningbo Meishan Island International Terminal (MSICT), also known as the Ningbo Meidong Container Terminal, remained closed for the seventh consecutive day as of Tuesday.

The partial closure of the world’s third-busiest container port means that around 352 containerships of 2.38m