News / Container shipping ex-China grinding to a halt – carriers 'can’t carry on much longer'

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The coronavirus outbreak in China continues to severely disrupt supply chains, the few export sailings this week not cancelled by carriers departed barely 10% full.

With reported deaths now in excess of 1,300 and confirmed cases at over 63,000, some provinces and cities in China have extended movement restrictions until 1 March.

“The network has almost ground to a halt,” one carrier source told The Loadstar this week.

“We sailed a 23,000 teu ship this week from China to North Europe with less ...