Tag: supply chain

According to Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., a Taiwanese container shipping company based in Keelung, port bottlenecks that have increased supply-chain congestion because of the war in Ukraine and lockdowns in China may be showing signs of easing.

According to an analysis from Container XChange, a container trading and leasing platform for shippers, the port congestion along the East and West Coasts and the pileup of empty containers is driving downward the freight prices.

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.

According to Maersk, the world’s second-largest container shipping company, the 1st quarter of 2022 witnessed another wave of COVID-19 flareups in China, creating big concerns for the global supply chain. 

Port of Antwerp, the Port of Cotonou and UNICEF form a new partnership to advance resilient and sustainable national supply chains that maximize positive environmental, social and economic impacts for children.

Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in China, Shanghai will go into a new two-stage lockdown, as it was announced on Sunday, creating concerns over supply chain disruption.

Local authorities are easing the lockdown rules at Shenzhen, since a COVID-19 scare passes without largely damaging the supply chains, compared to last summer.

Predictive Maritime Intelligence company Windward released its latest insights on how Shenzhen ports locking down might affect the supply chain.

After a new COVID-19 outbreak, China announced sweeping new lockdowns. It goes without saying that lockdowns will impact manufacturing and other sectors even if the ports continue to operate normally. 

Allianz published its risk barometer for 2022, noting that cyber perils outrank Covid-19 and broken supply chains as top global business risk.