Shipper Maersk says port delays will stretch into new year


COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The chaos that has bedevilled global supply chains in recent months will extend into next year, with a lack of truck drivers preventing hundreds of container vessels from offloading goods around the world, shipping group Maersk said.

"The whole system has become one gigantic bottleneck," Chief Executive Soren Skou told reporters on Tuesday.

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