The container shipping crisis is now severely crimping Ecuadorian shrimp exporters' ability to ship product to key markets.

For much of this year a shortage of shipping space caused by a lack of containers and runaway freight charges didn't appear to be holding back Ecuador's shrimp exports.

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Despite barely shifting the needle on exports to China, by far their biggest market, the South American nation's shrimp producers shipped 1.48