Why lack of containers will hurt global trade for a while

Containers at the Port of Mombasa on March 2, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A global shortage of containers continues to hurt global trade with the local freighters feeling the impact as they grapple with delays in deliveries.

The situation is even set to get worse as stakeholders in the marine sector project that the shortage, which began last year and attributed to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, will persist until 2022.

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