Subscribe to RSS feedAustralian Christmas goods stuck in China slow lane
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Dale Crisp
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last modified
Dec 03, 2009 12:16 PM
Importers eagerly awaiting Christmas goods from east Asia will likely be frustrated to find ships off-window on arrival in Australia thanks to bad weather conditions in Chinese ports.
Heavy weather: Snow falls in Chinese ports may white-out Australian Christmas.
Carriers are reporting delays of several days at Qingdao and Shanghai, with the situation exacerbated by the loss of at least 20 containers from a Yangtze River barge prompting navigation restrictions.
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