The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has put the maritime transport sector under unprecedented challenges in decades, but industry players have been accelerating digitalization, reassessing the old just-in-time supply chain model, creating longer-term partnerships, and building resilience to get out of swamp and contribute to global trade recovery.
Maritime transport is essential to keep global trade flowing and supply chains connected during and outside crises, and the sector's efforts to get out of the turbulence has implications for global trade recovery.
Some major economies have worked hard to ensure stable and smooth international supply chain.
China has rolled out measures to avoid sporadic epidemic outbreaks at ports, speed up terminal operation and cargo turnover, and accelerate port customs clearance. Container ships for domestic trade have begun to be used on foreign trade routes to increase international shipping capacity.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service