Shanghai has yet again recorded the largest box port volumes with a much healthier growth rate in contrast to previous years. Its 47M TEU for 2021 highlights a growth spurt of 8.1% compared with 2020. The port's tiny growth rate of 0.5% between 2019 and 2020 shows the impact of the pandemic. The zero-Covid policy adopted by the Chinese Government has led to challenges for ports in China. Two months of lockdown in the city of Shanghai caused congestion at Shanghai port in April this year, but waiting times were back to normal in June.
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