Over 8,000 boats stranded on China river

CHINA: More than 8,000 cargo ships and boats were stuck on a river in east China in the worst bottleneck in a decade, after water levels rose to a record high due to Typhoon Morakot, state media said Tuesday.

The boat traffic jam on the river that links cities in Zhejiang province to Shanghai, the world's busiest port by total cargo volume, was 40 kilometres (25 miles) long, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

AFP