{"id":87296,"date":"2022-06-10T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advantage.vn\/vi\/?p=87296"},"modified":"2022-08-20T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T08:16:13","slug":"wait-and-see-as-shang-hai-back-into-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advantage.vn\/en\/wait-and-see-as-shang-hai-back-into-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait-and-see as Shanghai back into lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Advantage Logistics<\/a><\/span>] A Covid-19 flare-up in Shanghai just eight days after emerging from a two-month lockdown has returned the port city to square one, raising concerns of more slowdowns in the world\u2019s busiest container port.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents in 14 of Shanghai\u2019s 16 districts have been ordered to test for Covid-19 over the weekend, after 11 cases were detected yesterday (9 June). Residents will be confined for two days and testing is expected to take 12 days.<\/p>\n

Literotica analyst Tan Hua Joo told Container News that for shipping, the situation may not be that serious. \u201cClearly, it\u2019s a setback, but the impact was mitigated in the last round as cargoes were able to divert to Ningbo port,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Calls to Maersk Line\u2019s Shanghai office said that the company\u2019s operations are as per its 1 June advisory, although the Danish giant is minimizing office work and continuing to make most staff work from home.<\/p>\n

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Maersk said that trucking is still available in China\u2019s main ports and nearby cities, providing the drivers test negative for Covid-19, adding that such services gradually improved after the previous outbreak was controlled.<\/p>\n

Warehouses in Shanghai resumed normal operations on 1 June, and Maersk staff said that nothing has changed. However, drivers entering the warehouses must test negative for Covid-19 in the 24 hours prior, if they had been outside of Zhejiang province.<\/p>\n

Cargoes will not be accepted if drivers have been to the medium-high risk area in the last 14 days.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Ocean Network Express (ONE) told Container News that the company is not restricting the acceptance of container shipments to and from Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Even as many countries are now treating Covid-19 as endemic, China is maintaining a zero-Covid-19 stance.<\/p>\n

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On 10 June, Yang Ming disclosed that some crew members on its 4,662 TEU ship YM Essence, serving the Asia-US East Coast route, tested positive for Covid-19 while en route from Kaohsiung to the southern Chinese port of Yantian.<\/p>\n

The Taiwanese ocean carrier said, \u201cThe affected crews were immediately isolated and necessary measures were taken with crew change in Kaohsiung. The vessel has completed cleaning and sanitization.\u201d<\/p>\n

YM Essence arrived and berthed in Yantian on 7 June and departed yesterday, expecting to arrive in Savannah on 25 June.<\/p>\n

Source: Container-News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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