Exporters face container shortage

Exporters face container shortage

SURABAYA, East Java: Most exporters in East Java province have
faced a shortage of containers in the past three months, an
exporter said.

"Usually, we wait only a week to get a container. However,
since three months ago, we have had to wait for two to three
weeks to get a container," chairman of the East Java branch of
the Indonesian Exporters Association, Isdamarwan, said here on
Thursday.

Isdamarwan said the container shortage in the province could
be due to the increasing demand for containers in China, which
has stepped up construction in preparation for the 2008 Olympic
Games, which the country will host. He expressed hope that the
problem would soon be solved to prevent a decline in the
province's export activities this year. -- Antara