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Maersk has advised that there is still no vehicular access to the South African port of Durban’s container terminals, two days after major floods tragically claimed the lives of at least 60 people.

The Shanghai lockdown is delaying shipping schedules in South China and bringing down spot rates. And now Guangzhou has become the latest port city to undergo mass Covid-testing.

As Shanghai enters the second week of an indefinite lockdown, ocean carriers are increasingly omitting calls at terminals and preparing to announce more blank sailings.

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group said yesterday there was no noticeable arrival of containerships diverted from Shanghai so far, despite that city and its port being in the second week of indefinite lockdown.

Inland containers depots (ICDs) in Chittagong are choked with additional handling orders for export boxes, while forwarders are frequently are facing increasing demand to take more.

The Shanghai lockdown is playing havoc with Chinese supply chains, driving up inland logistics costs and disrupting shipping schedules, forwarders say.

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) issued a letter to customers, saying that at present, except for the impact of extreme weather, during the lockdown period, the port would ensure normal operations and provide 24 hours services at all port production units.

Manufacturing and cargo transport in Shanghai is expected to grind to a halt this week, as China doubles-down on its zero-Covid policy and plunges the city into lockdown.

A 49-acre pop-up container site in Seattle should result in quicker pick-ups of empty boxes, ready access to available equipment and fewer congestion issues for truckers.

Average vessel waiting times for berth and labour have improved significantly at the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the past few weeks, halving the number of queueing ships to below 50.