China’s Top Container Ports Unclog Backlog as Virus Curbs Ease

China’s Top Container Ports Unclog Backlog as Virus Curbs Ease
A foreman wearing a face mask works as a cargo ship docks at a container terminal of Qingdao port in Shandong Province, China while the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, on Feb. 4, 2020. cnsphoto via Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s top container ports are loosening the backlog of cargos on their docks as workers return to their posts after coronavirus travel curbs that kept them away and jammed up global supply chains have been eased.

The flu-like epidemic, which originated in the city of Wuhan, an inland logistics hub in Hubei Province, has caused massive port congestion due to labor shortages caused by city lockdowns across the country.