The worsening congestion at Chinese ports is further jolting local and regional manufacturers and exporters, who are gearing up for shipments for the Christmas season. Manufacturers and exporters across the region have been hit with news of further congestion at the ports in China with reports coming that the world’s biggest shipping lines — including AP Moller-Maersk and CMA CGM SA — are diverting shipments to other ports rather than wait outside Ningbo, China for an unknown length of time while the COVID-19 outbreak continues there.