Bottlenecks

A shortage of truck drivers in both countries led to bottlenecks at ports and inland rail hubs, forcing some warehouses to refuse delivery of new containers until backlogs could be reduced.

The IMF said supply chain bottlenecks have led to a shortage of an array of products throughout the world and have caused a steep increase in shipping costs, in turn boosting the cost of consumer goods.

Algiers has many traffic bottlenecks.