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Containers are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, June 10, 2019. Reuters pic
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LIANYUNGANG, April 4 Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic that has created gridlock in global shipping.
As the huge containers were flung onto trucks with a thunderous clang, Shi Jiangang, a top official with Chinese shipping company Bondex Logistics, reflected on the backlog.
“It’s been a very great challenge,” he said.