GLOBAL SHIPPING: LOGISTICS JAM
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Commodities sector battles knock-on impacts from shipping bottlenecks
Longer delivery times and cancellations among the challenges companies are grappling with as supply-side troubles continue
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Published Thu, Mar 18, 2021 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
COMMODITY producers are being hit by longer waiting times at ports and a lack of container ships following a surge in cargo volumes due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ng Baoying, global managing editor for container shipping at S&P Global Platts, told The Business Times (BT) that metals, petrochemicals and agriculture are among the commodity types affected.
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