Global container ship congestion reaches North Sea: IfW Kiel


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022

BERLIN, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Container ship congestion has reached the North Sea as global trade is increasingly affected by disruptions and delays, the German Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) said on Tuesday.

"For the first time since the outbreak of the (COVID-19) pandemic, container ships are also jammed in the North Sea off the ports of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium," IfW Kiel said in its latest Trade Indicator.

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