Chinese lockdowns

China’s lockdowns impact North America West Coast port volumes

China’s firm policy on the Covid-19 pandemic has created a climate of port closure and operational restrictions, as seen in both Ningbo and Shanghai, according to the latest Sea-Intelligence report.

The Danish analysts said that if we take the Chinese New Year as a parameter, these restrictions will probably have reduced some burden on the volume flows from China, but at the same time will have created additional backlogs.

Source: Sea-Intelligence.com, Sunday Spotlight, issue 563

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Xi’s lockdowns will pull the rug out from under U.S. truckers this summer

The Port of Shanghai. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Whenever the trucking market slows, truck drivers look for someone to blame. Normally, a slowdown is just a function of supply and demand. The market has too much dispatchable capacity compared to the total number of loads on any given day. 

This summer, the trucking market could have one of its steepest declines in recent years and there is an entity that deserves much of the blame – the Chinese Communist Party and its draconian and inhumane lockdowns. 

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