Tag: Shanghai

Since 1st July 2022, the Shanghai Port in China has set local reporting requirements, effective for two years, in respect of machinery failure. In this context, the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration published an official announcement with the aim to strengthen the management of ships with machinery failure in navigation.

A notice published on 2 June 2022 by the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) emphasises that shipowners, managers and operators are responsible for ensuring the sea worthiness of their ships.

In its latest report, Windward focuses on the recent re-opening of the Shanghai port and the impact it will have on the supply chain.

A joint research piece by Windward and Sea-Intelligence focuses on overall transit time developments, congestion in Shanghai and what may happen when the port opens fully, plus questions supply chain planners should consider when adapting to this unprecedented situation.

Three weeks into Shanghai's lockdown, China prompted major shipping lines to advise customers to divert containers to other ports.

Currently, there are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into China, as the country's lockdown is creating supply chain issues.

Shanghai is entering its third week on lockdown, while supply chains are feeling the impact of China's zero-covid policy with trucking capacity cut and many factories and warehouses closed.

Shanghai, China's most populous city, is set to remain shut, including Puxi and a significant part of Pudong. Despite the fact that the restrictions were about to be lifted, the timeframe of the imposed lockdown was changed. 

According to Maersk, the world’s second-largest container shipping company, the Shanghai lockdown imposed by the authorities in order to stop the virus spreading, will have a great impact on trucking services and will increase transport costs.

Chinese authorities announced a strict lockdown for some western areas of Shanghai, as new COVID-19 cases jumped by a third, despite the measures taken by the country to stop the virus spreading. Following this situation, the congestion at the city's port increased heavily since early March.