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Trucking operations in China are almost back to pre-Chinese New Year levels of normalcy for city, provincial, and cross-border services nearly eight weeks after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak paralyzed the trucking industry.“Domestic trucking is gradually improving. More than 80 percent of drivers are back on duty, alleviating most of the severe constraints in previous weeks,” a spokesperson for third-party provider Agility Logistics said.That is in stark contrast to the situation a month ago when only about 10 to 20 percent of trucks were available in Ningbo and east China’s Zhejiang Province because the area was in partial lockdown....

"Domestic trucking is gradually improving. More than 80 percent of drivers are back on duty, alleviating most of the severe constraints in previous weeks,”  a spokesperson for third-party provider Agility Logistics said.

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