China’s Covid Crackdown Sees Trucking Operations Hit by Delays
- Transport efficiency to fall at major port cities, Maersk says
- Shutting of warehouses to affect e-commerce in Shenzhen
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Trucking operations across China are being delayed by more stringent testing requirements for drivers, as local authorities attempt to control new outbreaks of the virus under the nation’s Covid Zero policy.
The operational efficiency of trucking services at major port cities including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Qingdao and Tianjin is expected to be significantly reduced due to the crackdown, AP Moller-Maersk A/S said in an advisory on Monday. Even inland ports along the Yangtze river and in the west Pearl River Delta won’t be spared, the Danish transport giant said.