Cyclone Closes One of World’s Busiest Ports, Creating Ship Traffic Jam
- Shenzhen’s Yantian Port suspends container pick-up, drop-off
- Tropical Cyclone Kompasu approaches southern China coastline
Yantian container port in Shenzhen.
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The number of vessels waiting to enter one of the world’s busiest ports jumped to the most since August, threatening to further snarl global supply chains strained by a surge in consumer demand for everything from cars to computers.
China’s Yantian port in Shenzhen suspended pick-up and drop-off of containers as tropical cyclone Kompasu approached the nation’s southern coastline. The number of ships waiting outside the port rose to 67, the most since Aug. 26, according to shipping data compiled by Bloomberg.