China39;s Yantian port congested, truck driver says
Port steps up container handling
Trump tariff threat pushes exporters to ship

BEIJING, Jan 24 Reuters Exporters this week jostled to load and ship cargo from Shenzhen39;s Yantian Port, one of the world39;s largest container ports, before an eightday Lunar New Year holiday and ahead of a potential wave of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

Yantian, which handles onethird of Guangdong39;s international trade and onequarter of China39;s exports to the United States, already increased the daily quota on containers by 15 to 15,000 units during Jan. 2028, the port said in a statement on Wednesday.

It took Li Guoliang, a truck driver, two hours on Thursday evening to transport a loaded container to a container yard at the port quadrupling the time he spends on normal days.

The major reason is that factories rushed to ship before the holiday, and limited container quota at the port and space at container yards resulted in the congestion, Li told Reuters.

Another truck company told Reuters that a driver was stuck in the port area for more than 24 hours on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration was discussing a 10 punitive duty on Chinese imports, with Feb. 1 a potential deadline for a decision, which could hurt U.S. demand for Chinese products.

The Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday that China was willing to work with the United States to promote stable and healthy…