Although the port had invested in new equipment and automated its operations, only 300 of the 1,000 containers offloaded daily are collected due to what port users describe as equipment shortage.
Two weeks ago, the container terminal was holding 20,100 containers -- including 5,500 for export and 6,900 whose documents were still being processed -- in a yard that has a capacity of 14,500 TEUs.
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