Fast-food giant McDonald’s has joined a growing list of companies forced to cut parts of their services or operations in the UK due to shortages of stock caused by the country’s lorry driver crisis, which is adding to stock problems caused by blockages in intercontinental supply chains. 

 

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THE blocked Meishan terminal in the major Chinese container port of Ningbo appears to have partly been reinstated, with new arrivals of three containerships last weekend – and after Meishan started to handle vessels at berth in the middle of last week. 

 

The development comes after two large boxships – 22,000 teu CMA CGM Rivoli and 8,633 teu CMA CGM Samson – left Meishan over the weekend after being at berth for more 10 days due to the coronavirus-led closure of the facility. 

 

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