Port of Shenzhen

Yantian port congestion and delays to continue until late June

The situation at the Port of Yantian has not shown any signs of improvement yet with the global shipping lines announcing additional measures to control the effects of the evolving container terminal congestion and disruption in and around the Port of Shenzhen.

The Covid-19 related inspection and preventive measures have been tightening by local authorities not only in the Shenzhen area but also in the Guangzhou area recently.

Due to further measures being implemented, increased congestion and...

https://container-news.com/yantian-port-congestion-and-delays-to-continue-until-late-june/

Port of Shenzhen faces severe congestion

The congestion at the Port of Shenzhen, China, is evolving with the port’s Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) operating at a very high yard density, according to Ocean Network Express (ONE) announcement.

Additionally, several Covid-19 cases were reported earlier this week and the local authorities have tightened the sanitary and quarantine measures around the area.

This is the reason that Hapag-Lloyd has decided to temporarily change the Far East Loop 2/3/4 from calling Yantian to...

https://container-news.com/port-of-shenzhen-faces-severe-congestion/

Chinese ports overcome corona challenges

The majority of the main Chinese ports have reported a Year-on-Year container throughput increase from the beginning of the year through to October, despite the Covid-19 challenges which have slowed down the transportation movements worldwide.

In particular, the port of Tianjin has marked the largest TEU increase of 5.3%, Quingdao has seen a 3.2% box volume growth, while the ports of Ningbo & Zhoushan, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Guangzhou have seen more modest improvements below 2.5%, according to...

https://container-news.com/chinese-ports-overcome-corona-challenges/

CMA CGM downplays fever reports on ship

French liner operator CMA CGM said that all crew members on one of its container ships are in good health, despite reports to the contrary.

Unverified media reports in Sri Lanka stated that six of the crew on CMA CGM Ural became feverish around 27 January 2020, fuelling concerns of the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China.

The Chinese government is fighting to stem the outbreak, which has spread to the port cities of Tianjin, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The coronavirus has also...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-downplays-fever-reports-on-ship/

Port of Shenzhen visits Baltic Freeport

Last week the Port of Riga welcomed a delegation from the Port of Shenzhen, including representatives of the city municipality and management of the port authority, as well as port entrepreneurs — representatives of all four container terminals of the Port of Shenzhen. Since the Port of Shenzhen is a cooperation port for Riga, the goal of the visit was to become personally acquainted with the operations of the Port of Riga and to find ways for even closer cooperation.

Dong Yanze, Head of the...

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