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Sunday, 04 Apr 2021 01:30 PM MYT Containers are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, June 10, 2019. Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. 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. ....