'Stop-gap measures' shippers could use to cope with the China tariff crisis
Exporters in China are invoking short-term emergency supply chain plans to try to mitigate tariff ...
Container depots in China are full and having to turn away new customers, following a slowdown in exports.
Container xChange CEO and co-founder Christian Roeloffs said: “We hear from many customers that the demand for containers is still there, just that the supply is overshooting the demand.
Due to this, we see ripple effects, such as depots working at maximum capacity and not being able to accept new clients.”
Container xChange’s latest report suggests China’s container depots are working at 90% utilisation, adding: “Oversupply ...
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