The following release was published by Hapag-Lloyd:
Here’s an update for Chinese ports in connection with COVID-19. With your cargo planning in mind, we will be publishing operational updates on this situation as soon as they are made available.
Update: March 17, 2022
Here are the latest updates related to the situation at the ports in China. There are two main developments related to trucking and potential operational restrictions:
- A cargo volume reduction might be expected, probably caused by:
– Reduced trucking capacity: tests and quarantine requirements hinder driver availability for shipments
– Raw material transport: currently reduced due to closed factories and limited driver availability - Potential operational restrictions have been mostly sighted in the Shenzhen area
With the above details in mind, please see below a brief description of the main areas:
- Qingdao: there are no operational restrictions at the moment. However, trucking might pose challenges due to COVID-19 city limitations.
- Shanghai: there is a concern related to transport between cities.
- Shenzhen: gate-in/out container moves at the Shenzhen terminals is normal but queues are starting to take shape outside. Large factories have stopped operations due to government directives.
Update: March 16, 2022
A number of identified COVID-19 cases in Shenzhen have caused a preventive, temporary lockdown in the city. In addition, factories in Yantian have stopped operations. Cross-province trucks must have a valid 24-hour PCR test result, and there is a potential risk that truckers might be placed in quarantine after leaving Shenzhen. With this in mind, some factories at other locations are not accepting truckers originating from this city. This might lead to a trucking resource shortage during this period.
One depot in Shekou (Shenzhen Greating Fortune) is closed from March 14, 2022, but no further depots in Shekou and Yantian have been closed until today’s report. There are approximately 13 vessels that could potentially be impacted at the port of Yantian.
We will continue to update this page with regular information related to the recent COVID-19 developments in China.
Source: Hapag-Lloyd (JK)
Source: Hapag-Lloyd