Manila drowning under glut of shipping containers

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Just how bad has congestion at Manila, gateway to the Philippines, become? Really, really bad, according to this report from Reuters. A seven-month ban on trucks using the city’s roads during daytime hours has led to a backlog of around 20,000 containers, which will take months to clear, and comes far too late for a lot of  frustrated shippers who needed to see their export boxes loaded in time for the Christmas shopping season in the West. The country boasts ...