Container shortage compounds Vietnamese exporters’ shipping woes
A container ship docks at Tan Cang Cai Mep Port in Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Dang Khoa.
Vietnamese businesses are once again struggling to get containers to export their goods amid a global imbalance in the logistics sector.
Bui Thi Ngoc Tuyen, deputy director of Bich Chi Food Company in the southern province of Dong Thap, said as empty containers have become scarcer, prices have tripled.
“We struggle to get enough containers for our goods, and even if we do, there is no ship to transport them.”