Another typhoon threatens recovery of East Asian ports from congestion
The Loadstar · Oct 22, 2026
Congestion may be easing in eastern China, but with Typhoon Champi set to sweep across the north-east coast of Taiwan tomorrow there are concerns that disruption to vessel movements could undo benefits carriers are seeing in China. Maersk told customers waiting times at ports along the east China coast were showing a continued week-on-week decline, with its wider east Asian network stabilising following disruption from earlier typhoons., The carrier said: “Recovery efforts ...
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