COVID-19: Port congestion in Ningbo growing over trucking banBloombergShipping firms are scrambling to switch to other Chinese ports to avoid delays at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, which suspended some trucking services after an outbreak of COVID-19, freight forwarders and experts have said. Those diversions are adding to a new wave of congestion facing China’s ports as an increasing number of cities deal with COVID-19 outbreaks. Police officers check information on the smartphone of a truck driver at a checkpoint in Ningbo, China, on Dec. 18 last year. Meanwhile, the northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered workers to take a half-day break for COVID-19 testing, as officials try to contain an outbreak involving the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. The influx of ships into Shanghai has delayed sailing schedules for container ships by about one week, freight forwarders said.

Source: Taipei Times January 14, 2022 03:55 UTC