Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage

  • Indian Railways cuts empty-container freight fees by a quarter
  • China converts new paper-pulp carrier for container shipments
WATCH: The cost of sending goods by sea is rising amid a shipping-container shortage and strong demand.(Source: QuickTake)
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Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container shortage that jeopardizes their overseas trading.