APAC Weekly Operations Update 05/08/22

Shanghai Port Update:

Yantian Port Update:

Port operations are currently normal.
Vessel waiting time is 1 day.
Mostly normal; CMA will control EIR equipment shortage. MSC has a shortage of 40'GP/45'HC.
Lockdowns in China are ongoing
It is monsoon and typhoon season. Especially high temperature will delay the loading/unloading at the warehouse but we still make up the cut offs.
PLA exercises may affect WK32 schedule
Capacity is lower, especially to the US West Coast where space has opened up and you are able to book over allocation. Space to the US East Golf and Gulf region is opening up more and more.
Still, carriers continue with blank sailings. The US East Coast is starting to get hit with multiple blank sailings. Some services are starting to be bi-weekly, meaning there are only two sailings instead of four on the particular string.

Ningbo Port Update:

As per COVID rules, all drivers who arrange empty pick up and laden units require a Green code with a 48hrs Negative Nucleic Acid test before entering the terminal. As Covid cases broke out in Yiwu city two days before, it is necessary for drivers to provide 48hrs Negative Nucleic Acid test, travel record (barcode) when delivering goods into CFS.
Vessel waiting time is 3-6 days due to port congestion and impact of military exercise.
No equipment availability issues noted; all container types are available.
No weather disruptions noted.
Capacity is quite tight, leading to vessel operation timelines changing on occasion.

Qingdao Port Update:

Port operations are currently normal. Nucleic Acid testing required every 4 days.
Vessel waiting time is 1-2 days.
Most shipping lines have sufficient equipment.
No weather disruptions noted.

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Blank Sailing Updates:

Market Intel: Australia

Market Intel: EU

MSC UK announces new rail service connecting Scotland with global trade routes.
( source: Port technology）
Export container volume increased 7.6% while the domestic volume growth rate remained the same level of last year’s. The port of Shanghai was recovering from the last wave of covid-19 outbreak and achieved container growth of 4.5% year-on-year.
(Source: eesea)

Market Intel: USA

Containers have started moving again through Oakland after independent trucks drivers stood down from protests that effectively shut down one of the USWC’s largest port for almost a week.
Oakland port is clearing backlogs of ships and boxes that had grown since the truckers began blocking the ports gates, bringing operations to a standstill to protest a new California “gig economy” law.
Activity first resumed slowly on Saturday when protesters didn’t turn up during the port’s limited weekend hours. By Monday with business ramping up again, gates were clear and trucks were moving.
The port, in what it called an open letter to the truckers, said truckers apposed to the new state law should confine protest to designated zones and warned that anyone blocking gates could be “cited and penalised” by police
(Source: Shipping Gazette)