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An estimated 260,000 TEU of cargo is expected to flood the market at the Port of Shanghai this summer, making this year's peak season even busier than last.

On April 30, the container operation volume of Shanghai port in a single day recovered to 113,000 TEU, which is close to 80% of the level before the pandemic.

Eighteen container vessels are now waiting at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port as the Muslim's religious celebration Eid-ul-Fitr continues.

Ukraine is attempting to establish a trade corridor with the Baltics to divert cargo away from the blockaded Black Sea and Azov Seaports.

Chittagong seaport is set to see severe container and vessel congestion in its yards as Bangladesh approaches the nine-day Eid festival holiday on Friday.

Congestion at Constanta caused by Ukrainian imports is also stifling critical grain exports, as forwarders look for new routes for Ukrainian goods as costs in Romania increase.

Even as some factory production restarted in Shanghai this week, new data has shown a “near-doubling” of port congestion across China since the latest lockdowns began.

As supply chain uncertainty at China’s key port cities drags on, shippers are hunting for alternative cargo options from South-east Asia.

On 10 April, a part of terminal 6 at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK's busiest container port, collapsed, and the reason is still being investigated by the port's engineering consultants.

Felixstowe Port is finding new ways to sink into the mire, first with extra charges on import containers, to offset the increase in costs for energy, causing anger amongst importers, then a sinkhole appeared at Terminal 6.