Chinese ports experienced a year-over-year 4.9% uptick in container volume for January-October period, with the box throughput reaching a total of 257 million TEUs.
At the same time, over the ten-month period, cargo volume at Chinese ports surpassed 14 billion tons, marking an 8.5% year-on-year increase.
The following chart illustrates the cargo and container throughput data for the twelve primary ports in China.
When it comes to container throughput, the leading trio of ports has showcased...
The world’s first green shipping corridor across the Pacific is taking form. According to a statement, a voluntary partnership of leading maritime goods movement stakeholders unveiled a Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan Outline to cut emissions on one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes across the Pacific Ocean, including the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Shanghai.
The plan was created with the help of C40 Cities as part of its campaign to reduce carbon emissions...
Shanghai only re-emerged last week from two months of lockdown, following a rise in Omicron cases in early April. Average waiting times for Tankers, Bulkers, and Containerships at the busy port peaked in late April at 65 hours, as shown in Figure 1. However, since then, waiting times have been steadily reverting to the levels experienced at the time of year over recent years. Despite 13 of the city’s 16 districts reimposing lockdown earlier this week, congestion is now back within normal levels.
Another week — and another pledge that the lockdown in Shanghai may be lifted. It’s not the first time this has been announced.
And it won’t be the last.
The city’s vice mayor, Wu Qing, said at a news conference Thursday that there would be an “orderly opening, limited [population] flow and differentiated management.” Yet, no date has been set.
How many times do these false alarms have to be stated? “Actions speak louder than words” applies to this situation. The government’s actions are not...
https://www.freightwaves.com/false-hope-for-shanghais-reopening-after-covid-lockdown
The hairball snarling the flow of trade in Shanghai is growing.
Just as I warned on March 24, this lockdown will have a significant impact. The longer the delays, the greater the impact on U.S. inventories in the coming weeks. We have seen this horror show before and we all know the containers that are currently piling up will eventually make their way to the United States, creating massive congestion.
Besides technology products, furniture and auto parts, there are seasonal items in these...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shanghai-zero-covid-lockdown-impact-summer-supply-chain
Authorities in Shanghai imposed a strict lockdown on Monday morning, following congestion at the city’s port skyrocketing since early March. With roads, bridges and tunnels between the Pudong and Puxi areas blocked for at least a week, Shanghai International Port Group, which manages the city’s ports, released a statement saying, other than in cases of extreme weather, 24 hour operations would be maintained.
Data from VesselsValue shows an almost five fold increase in the number of ships waiting...
Logistics managers are warning clients the two-stage lockdown in Shanghai could be worse than the initial COVID lockdowns.
“These lockdowns are possibly more severe than the initial quarantines in 2020 when COVID was first discovered,” Jon Monroe of Monroe Consulting told American Shipper. “Many people will tell you the ports are open. And this is true. But the port workers, factory workers and truck drivers are locked in their homes.
“This will limit the capability of factories to deliver...
The ports of Shanghai and Yantian are known as two of the largest electronics export hubs in the world, but if you look in the containers, you will find much more than that.
Using ImportGenius, American Shipper analyzed the bills of lading of Chinese exports leaving those ports bound for the United States since Feb. 1 to see what variety of items are manufactured and exported from those specific regions.
In addition to televisions and other electronic goods, the 5,958 containers processed...
Typhoon In-Fa made landfall over the weekend in eastern China, with heavy rain, flooding and strong winds impacting freight exports in several major ports and airports.
Although In-Fa’swinds have slowed to 40 mph, up to 20 inches of rainfall threatens to put some assets at high risk with severe flooding, including Shanghai Pudong Airport and the ports of Ningbo, Shanghai, Changzhou and Nanjing, Everstream Analytics said in its daily weather forecast Monday. The company’s weather analysts expect...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/typhoon-in-fa-slows-air-ocean-exports-from-china
The China Container Industry Association (CCIA) has said that the recovery of container movements in China is progressing rapidly.
In a survey report released on 18 March 2020, CCIA said that as of 10 March 2020, China’s container ports, barges, railways and multi-modal transport have resumed work, while the operating capacity of trucks and storage facilities is around 90% of pre-Covid-19 levels.
The Lunar New Year holidays were extended by one to two weeks from the end of January 2020, as China...
https://container-news.com/container-movements-normalising-in-china/