Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Another China lockdown jeopardizes electronics, auto supply chains

Factory workers in China making printed circuit boards. COVID restrictions are forcing factories to close, slowing deliveries to laptop and automakers.

A five-day lockdown to contain the spread of COVID in the Chinese city of Kunshan, an important production center for electronics components, could severely squeeze the supply of laptops, mobile phones, TVs and automobiles, according to industry and media reports from the region.

Meanwhile, factory and logistics activity in Shanghai has been slashed further with the entire population of 25 million sheltering in place after authorities indefinitely extended a quarantine mandate that was supposed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/another-china-lockdown-jeopardizes-electronics-auto-supply-chains

Shippers redirect Shanghai cargo to other airports amid mass quarantine

A China Cargo Airlines 747 jumbo freighter with a pink flower on the tail and a light blue color on a runway at a Chinese airport. COVID is hampering airport operations in China now.

Logistics companies are scrambling to find alternative gateways for customers’ international shipments as a two-stage lockdown through Tuesday to contain the spread of COVID in Shanghai cripples air cargo operations at the Pudong Airport.

The new measures causing serious shipping delays for imports and exports, as they are through seaports. Digging out from the pileup of freight once the mass quarantine expires is expected to create further challenges for airlines and shippers in the coming...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippers-redirect-shanghai-cargo-to-other-airports-amid-mass-quarantine

Cargo airlines cancel flights as Shanghai enforces COVID lockdown

A white and light-blue China Airlines 747 freighter.

The staggered lockdown of Shanghai to contain the biggest wave of COVID-19 since the early days of the pandemic is quickly crimping the movement of air cargo.

City officials shut down the eastern half of the city on Monday through April 1 and told people on the western side to quarantine at home or compounds from April 1 to April 5 while they conduct mass testing. With no public transport and people stuck at home, manpower shortages are hindering manufacturing and logistics activity. Many...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-airlines-cancel-flights-as-shanghai-enforces-covid-lockdown

Mazda shuts down plants as cargo flights from Shanghai dry up

A cargo facility at Shanghai Pudong Airport. with jets on the ramp.

Cargo operations continue to deteriorate at Shanghai Pudong International Airport after the detection of another COVID case, as a key terminal operator operates with a skeleton crew and freighter airlines cancel more flights, logistics industry professionals say. 

Many freight forwarders have stopped accepting bookings for Shanghai and are trying to divert flights under their contractual control to other airports, some of which have their own pandemic restrictions in place, adding to transit...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mazda-shuts-down-plants-as-cargo-flights-from-shanghai-dry-up

Shanghai airport facility in COVID lockdown, cargo backlog expected

Planes parked at Shanghai Airport in a row.

Multiple logistics companies are reporting that authorities have suspended operations in a major warehouse at Shanghai Pudong International Airport because of a COVID outbreak, putting a halt to most freighter activity at China’s largest cargo airport. 

The timing of the closure throws another wrench in supply chains already stretched thin by ocean and airfreight capacity shortages and extensive shipping delays as the peak export season kicks into high gear for the holidays. All-cargo carriers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shanghai-airport-facility-in-covid-lockdown-cargo-backlog-expected

Cargo airlines cancel hundreds of China flights amid COVID outbreak

China Airlines jet takes off.

Chinese restrictions to control a spike in COVID infections have severely curtailed cargo operations at several airports and reduced crew availability, forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights as the peak shipping season kicks into high gear in a sector already struggling to keep up with high demand.

Logistics professionals say the growing scarcity of long-haul aircraft could push freight rates near $20 per kilogram on certain trade lanes within a few weeks, making air transport five or...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-airlines-cancel-hundreds-of-china-flights-amid-covid-outbreak

Typhoon In-Fa slows air, ocean exports from China

Weather map of typhoon making landfall in China.

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

Fire extinguished on Ethiopian Airlines freighter at Shanghai airport

Ethiopian Airlines freighter

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200 freighter caught fire while loading cargo Wednesday at China’s Shanghai Pudong airport.

The plane was operating on a regularly scheduled cargo service from Shanghai to Sao Paulo-Santiago via Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa airport, according to a message on the airline’s website. News reports say the freighter arrived at Shanghai from Brussels International Airport.

The fire appeared to start on the main cargo deck, burning through the fuselage, based on videos posted...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fire-extinguished-on-ethiopian-airlines-freighter-at-shanghai-airport

Shanghai Pudong airport continues to choke on cargo

Cargo terminal at Shanghai Airport.

Cargo terminals at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport remain extremely congested, but logistics companies responsible for getting shipments from their customers and on planes say the flood of freight trapped in warehouses is slowly beginning to recede.

“There are some green shoots of progress,” Neel Jones Shah, global head of airfreight at tech-enabled forwarder Flexport, said in an interview. “Some backlogs have been worked through. We’re getting a little bit of clearance in our own...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/shanghai-pudong-airport-continues-to-choke-on-cargo

Deluge of medical cargo cripples Shanghai Pudong airport

Boxes strewn across warehouse.

Freight gridlock at Shanghai Pudong International Airport is so bad that some cargo planes are being forced to leave nearly empty and logistics companies are recommending ocean transportation as a faster option. 

Airfreight professionals describe an operational meltdown, with trucks stuck in queues for two to three days to drop off shipments and boxes piling up in warehouses unable to get put on aircraft because Chinese customs officials and ground handlers are overwhelmed by the surge in export...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/deluge-of-medical-cargo-cripples-shanghai-pudong-airport

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