News / Kaohsiung the latest victim of Asia's container congestion contagion

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The container congestion contagion effect appears to be manifesting itself in Taiwan with a recent build-up of boxes in its main gateway of Kaohsiung.

Congestion in south-east Asia’s key ports has prompted liner operators to divert transhipment containers to Taiwan’s main container port which, in turn, placed Kaohsiung’s road infrastructure under pressure as more trucks are needed to ferry containers between terminals.

A representative of the country’s port authority, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), said: “Mainline operators have been omitting calls to ...