A view of Pakistan Deep Water Container Terminal at Keamari is seen in this file photo.
KARACHI: As economies around the world emerge from the Covid lockdowns, a new challenge has tripped up supply chains everywhere. A dire shortage of shipping containers in some countries matched by an oversupply in others has created awkward bottlenecks all over the globe, with Pakistan hit particularly hard.
“There is a material shortage of containers, and it will take us till March to sort it out,” said Mohammed Rajpar, Chairman of the Pakistan Ship’s Agents Association. “The crunch began back in September but has shown no signs of abating,” he added.