Written 22/09/21
It can almost be guaranteed that everyone at least once in their life has thought “where in the world is my cargo?” when expecting a consignment that hasn’t arrived yet, however, with the shipping industry the way it currently is you might be waiting a bit longer than usual. The shipping industry has been hit with a number of things including: high demand, severe port congestion, industrial action, port closures due to COVID, lack of ...
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17/08/21
Today over 750 million containers – measured in 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) – are moved through almost 900 container ports across 141 countries each year. With the pandemic increasing the amount of time spent at home through lockdowns, this has resulted in a pandemic-led boom in online shopping for the option of next day delivery in high demand.
According to data from the United Nations, in Australia, the online retail sales were $13.5 billion in 2018 and in 2020 this ...
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12/08/21
Operations at Ningbo terminal have been suspended following a single case of Covid-19. Ningbo-Zhoushan port has started to turn ships away in the wake of the positive nucleic test. The worker resides in a dormitory and tested negative on the 8th, before being retested on the 10th of August.
Initially, the ports authority claimed that its operating system was down early yesterday morning before the Ningbo Municipal Health Commission came out with the news. The infected worker was ...
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In China, ports at Shanghai and Ningbo are reportedly facing additional congestion from new Covid restrictions. The two ports were hit hard by a typhoon late last month and have seen productivity slow as new anti-Covid measures are being carried out at most Chinese quaysides in the wake of the sudden spread of the delta variant of Covid-19 over the past three weeks.
Several Chinese cities, including Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou and Beijing have restricted movements such as limiting public transport, locking down specific ...
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Written 26/07/21
More freight delays are expected in China this week, after typhoon In-Fa forced the closure of Shanghai’s container port and airport over the weekend.
Last week the typhoon brought a tremendous amount of rainfall that caused flooding in China’s central Henan province, causing disruptions at Zhengzhou (CGO), a major airfreight hub.
A spokesperson for Cargolux airline said on Friday: “Flight delays have been experienced, but things are returning to normal. Although cargo flights are not restricted, customs ...
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Written 22/07/21
The port congestion issue has stretched around the globe with large numbers of container ships idling, waiting for berth spaces to open up across five continents.
As of 3.20pm Singapore time today, there were 328 ships idling in front of ports around the world with 116 ports reporting congestion.
Data from the same reporter a month ago showed 304 ships idling in front of ports and 101 ports reporting disruption.
In May this year the time container ...
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Yantian Port has resumed normal operations after a month-long cut in productivity brought about by a Covid-19 outbreak. Shippers have been warned it will take many weeks to clear up the immense container backlog in south China that has brought further strain to global supply chains over the past four weeks.
A note sent to clients on Tuesday 23rd June from Yantian International Container Terminals states: “Currently, COVID-19 has been effectively under control in the port area, and the operation capacity ...
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After tens of trillions of dollars in government stimulus around the globe, the demand for goods has never been so high. As a result, China’s factories have been working overtime to produce all the consumer goods households around the world have purchased with their stimulus funds.
In recent months the Delta variant of Covid has been spreading throughout parts of southern China, impacting everything from dock workers to truck drivers.
As of June 10, more container loads of freight were already being ...
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