: a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
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Recent Examples on the WebActivity at Shanghai, the world's busiest container port, hit a record high in July, after the city gradually emerged from a grueling Covid lockdown that almost paralyzed its economy for months. Laura He, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 Doctors, nurses, teachers, postal workers, airport baggage handlers, bus drivers, container port staff, and barristers are among a dozen professions going on strike. Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2022 The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by transportation workers that have disrupted economic activity across the country.BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Hundreds of men and women, who started protests Monday, are preventing trucks from carrying cargo into and out of Oakland, the West Coast’s third-busiest container port. Paul Berger, WSJ, 21 July 2022 Hong Kong thrived as the trade gateway to China for decades, but it was eclipsed as the world’s busiest container port in 2000 by facilities in the Chinese mainland. Zen Soo And Joe Mcdonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022 The city accounts for almost 4% of China’s gross domestic product, a larger share than Beijing’s, and is home to the world’s busiest container port. Rachel Liang, WSJ, 1 June 2022 The Port of Savannah, the third-largest container port in the country, recently expanded to mitigate the congestion. Shawn Clark, Forbes, 3 June 2022 European ports have quadrupled since late March, when China shut down the city of Shanghai, which has the world’s busiest container port. Laura He, CNN, 6 May 2022 See More