A major bottleneck at a Chinese port is creating additional disruption to supply chains and global trade, two months after the Suez Canal blockage disrupted global shipping, including oil cargo routes. The current situation at the Chinese port of Yantian Port is a “worrying” trend, the world’s largest container shipping company, Denmark-based A.P. Moller – Maersk, said on Thursday. The port’s operations were disrupted several weeks ago because of a COVID-19 outbreak, creating considerable congestion of container ships bound out of China as Chinese exports are booming with global economies reopening. “After a six-day stop on export containers, the Yantian Port Authorities have announced that productivity is gradually set to increase as more workers return and more berths reopen, but the damage has already been done,” Maersk said in a statement. “The trend is worrying, and unceasing congestion is becoming a global problem. Due to Covid-19 and a significant […]