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VIDEO: Box ship explosion rocks Port of Ningbo

One of the world’s busiest ports, China’s Port of Ningbo was has been rocked by a massive explosion that sent a huge fire ball into the air.

The Chinese Government run Global Times newspaper reports that the explosion occurred in a container aboard the 6,589 TEU containership YM Mobility at 3.45 p.m.

The Ningbo Maritime Search and Rescue Center activated an emergency response plan and dispatched a maritime patrol vessel to the scene to enforce security measures. It also sent three firefighting...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/video-box-ship-explosion-rocks-port-of-ningbo/

Just how extreme is China’s lead in the container port business?

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China is the world’s largest exporter of containerized goods, produces eight of every 10 new containers, is the leading builder of container ships and operates the fourth-largest liner company. It should come as no surprise that China overwhelmingly dominates the global container port rankings — and with ocean trade now surging, that its port tally has reached a new peak.

Alphaliner published its annual rankings of the world’s top 30 container ports by volume last week. Of the top 10, nine are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/just-how-extreme-is-chinas-lead-in-the-container-port-business

As Ningbo slowly recovers, Covid ripples reach ports of Tianjin and Shenzhen

The port of Ningbo has largely recovered from its latest Covid disruption, but the risk of shipping delays from China has already spread to Tianjin and Shenzhen.
In an update yesterday, Maersk said: “Container gate operations have been recovered completely at Ningbo.” However, forwarders have reported severe disruption to landside operations, which are taking longer to recover.
Maersk said trucking had recovered to 75% of normal capacity, with some services remaining suspended in …

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https://theloadstar.com/as-ningbo-slowly-recovers-covid-ripples-reach-ports-of-tianjin-and-shenzhen/

Ningbo shippers divert as exports are hit by Covid-restricted trucking

Forwarders are shifting volumes to congested-Shanghai to avoid landside delays, despite carrier schedules so far unaffected by the newest Covid-disruption at Ningbo.
Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has repeatedly fallen victim to China’s tough Covid restrictions over the past six months, with the latest lockdown taking place in Ningbo’s Beilun district, which borders three of the port’s container terminals.
Container loading and discharge is operating normally, but the impact on trucking and access to the...

https://theloadstar.com/ningbo-shippers-divert-as-exports-are-hit-by-covid-restricted-trucking/

Factories shut and Ningbo restricts truckers in Zhejiang province lockdowns

Lockdowns across China’s Zhejiang province have prompted multiple factory closures, and new restrictions have been placed on trucking.
China reported new Covid cases in Tianjin and Guangzhou this week, including the Omicron variant, but the outbreak in Zhejiang, another major manufacturing heartland, remains the most serious.
For example, 20 listed companies operating in the province have suspended operations, according to Reuters, including battery, textile and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The...

https://theloadstar.com/factories-shut-and-ningbo-restricts-truckers-in-zhejiang-province-lockdowns/

Another Ningbo lockdown adds to Covid threat hanging over supply chains

A new partial lockdown in Ningbo has highlighted the threat to container supply chains from China’s strict zero-Covid policy.
Positive cases in Ningbo’s Zhenhai district prompted “closed loop” management to be imposed on Monday, according to local media.
The city is home to the world’s third-largest container port complex, Ningbo-Zhoushan, which handled 28.7m teu during the first ten months of the year, surpassing 2020’s total throughput.
There has been no impact on supply …

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https://theloadstar.com/another-ningbo-lockdown-adds-to-covid-threat-hanging-over-supply-chains/

Container ships now piling up at anchorages off China’s ports

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There are over 60 container ships full of import cargo stuck offshore of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but there are more than double that — 154 as of Friday — waiting to load export cargo off Shanghai and Ningbo in China, according to eeSea, a company that analyzes carrier schedules.

The number of container ships anchored off Shanghai and Ningbo has surged over recent weeks. There are now 242 container ships waiting for berths at countrywide.

Whether it’s due to heavy export volumes, Typhoon...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-ships-now-piling-up-at-anchorages-off-chinas-ports

Shipping disruptions contained as Ningbo port nears reopening

A big vessel tied up at the dock, view from the bow with ropes in the foreground.

Chinese authorities are expected to begin a phased reopening of a container terminal at the massive Port of Ningbo by the end of the week if no further COVID infections are detected. And the overall effects on ocean shipping so far have been less than originally feared, according to logistics and freight data providers monitoring the situation.

Last week’s closure of the Meishan Island Container Terminal after a worker tested positive for the virus put global supply chain managers on edge over a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipping-disruptions-minimal-as-ningbo-port-nears-reopening

Ningbo-Zhoushan takes majority stake in Yangtze River terminal

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has become the largest shareholder of Jiangyin Sunan International Container Terminal as it targets throughput growth.

China’s busiest port and the second busiest container port after Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it had acquired the Hong Kong-incorporated Paul Y. Corporation, which owns a 40% stake in Jiangyin Sunan, paying around CNY286.25 million (US$41 million) for the acquisition.

Jiangyin Sunan operates the No.3...

https://container-news.com/ningbo-zhoushan-takes-majority-stake-in-yangtze-river-terminal/

Los puertos de Barcelona y Ningbo Zhoushan exploran nuevas vías de negocio

Los puertos de Barcelona y de Ningbo Zhoushan han firmado –en el marco de la feria China International Import Expo– un memorándum de entendimiento para intercambiar experiencias y conocimientos con el objetivo de aumentar la cooperación y el comercio entre ambos enclaves. En concreto, el acuerdo...

http://elvigia.com/los-puertos-de-barcelona-y-ningbo-zhoushan-exploran-nuevas-vias-de-negocio/