The port of Dalian, China, has stopped accepting refrigerated container freight deliveries due to a lack of shore power plugs that has resulted in a surge in demand and ongoing imbalances in the global container shipping industry. Hapag-Lloyd has indicated shipments will need to be diverted to Qingdao or Tianjin, or possibly further afield. The potential for disruption in global food supply chains may be limited. Dalian only accounted for 3.2% of U.S. seaborne exports of refrigerated food products in 2020, well below Qingdao’s 18.7%. The mix in shipments from the U.S. to Dalian ...
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