Lockdowns in key Chinese port cities are again hampering supply chains, despite a “muted” peak season.
Indeed, in what has now become a regular occurrence, Covid restrictions are impacting supply chains in Ningbo, Shanghai, and Tianjin.
Ningbo is the worst affected, with forwarders reporting disruption to the area around the port going into lockdown.
Davies Turner said: “The terminal, port and warehouse in Beilun are closed. The ‘white-list’ system for container truck drivers has been implemented, but most container trucks were blocked in a parking lot, as a positive case was found there this week.
In Shanghai, however, Ligentia said sporadic cases of Covid were resulting in isolated lockdowns in the city and “delays are expected”, despite normal operations at the port, terminals and warehouses. For example, Ligentia said, 48-hour validated nucleic acid testing is still mandatory for cross-province trucking services.
And there is a similar situation in Tianjin, where Ligentia said areas were under ‘closed-off management’, with seaports, airports and warehouses “operating with reduced efficiency.”
Meanwhile, Zhengzhou, a key air cargo hub, also went into lockdown this week, impacting a million people in Zhongyuan district.
According to DHL Global Forwarding, China’s zero-Covid policy has hit major manufacturing and exporting centres like Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Tianjin. The forwarder said: “While port operations are exempt from restrictions, manufacturing and inland logistics have been affected to varying degrees.”
Source: theloadstar.com
