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About 100 Container Ships Backlogged in Southern China, Report Says

There are nearly 100 container ships waiting to berth at the Hong Kong and Shenzhen container ports, representing the “worst” container backlog in the world, Financial Times reported Oct. 15. The backlog was partly caused by a typhoon that closed…

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ports for two days last week, which added to the existing port congestion problems. There are about 584 container ships stuck outside ports globally, the report said, nearly twice the amount at the beginning of this year.