Coronavirus
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Greater China
Pandemic comes full circle with lockdown at the port city of Wuhan
The two-and-a-half year-long global pandemic has come full circle with news today of a lockdown at one of China’s largest…
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China port congestion seen growing on back of local lockdowns and poor weather
Local lockdowns combined with stormy weather is seeing congestion rise at many ports across China again. Shanghai, which suffered a…
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Ports and Logistics
New covid cases send Shanghai into partial lockdown
Shanghai will go into partial lockdown this weekend after six new cases were found in China’s largest city, home to…
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Containers
Shippers have lost up to $10bn from delayed ships during the pandemic
The dire schedule reliability among containerlines, where 70% of ships arrive late, has led to billions of dollars being squandered…
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Plenty of hurdles ahead for Shanghai as restrictions eased
The vast majority of Shanghai’s 26m citizens ventured outside today, some to a park, others to see families, and many…
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Shanghai authorities claim city will open up next week
May 20 has been given as the first official deadline for Shanghai, China’s largest city, to open up. The metropolis,…
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Operations
Coalition completes repatriation of 600 i-Kiribati seafarers trapped for nearly two years due to the pandemic
Over 600 I-Kiribati seafarers have safely returned home, some after being stranded overseas for nearly two years. The repatriation of…
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Shipyards
Ship repair queues grow thanks to Chinese lockdowns
While the force majeures announced at multiple shipbuilding yards in the wake of China’s series of lockdowns have been widely…
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China’s April PMI stats foreshadow challenges ahead
As Beijing talks up stimulus packages, official data published over the weekend shows just how sharply the rolling municipal lockdowns…
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Qinhuangdao port enters lockdown as Beijing readies stimulus package
The northern port of Qinhuangdao in Hebei province is the latest Chinese commodities hub to get hit by virus-related lockdowns…
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Contributions
Riding a bevy of black swans
Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on the desperately dark mood out at sea these days. There’s an…
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Port congestion grows as China’s capital braces for Shanghai syndrome
Familiar scenes of supermarket stampedes are emerging from the Chinese capital as mass testing gets underway in Beijing, the latest…
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World’s largest inland port becomes latest victim of China’s zero-Covid strategy
Trucking snarl-ups across China are wreaking havoc on supply chains despite initiatives from local and national government bodies to alleviate…
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Covid crisis spreads along China’s coastline
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Shanghai, while down south a giant convention centre has been converted to a quarantine…
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Beijing intervenes to try and keep goods flowing
Some residents of Shanghai stepped out of their homes for the first time in more than two weeks today, as…
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Lines start to omit calls to Shanghai, the world’s largest container port
Looking on horrified at millions of hungry, irate Shanghainese, citizens in many other cities across China have started to hoard…
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No end in sight for Shanghai’s lockdown
China’s most-populous city has yet to give an indication of when lockdown measures will lift, fuelling greater uncertainty for those…
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Three-day mass testing gets underway for Shanghai’s 26m residents
Three-day mass testing across Shanghai’s 26m residents kicked off today with the military drafted in to help in the huge…
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Shanghai extends lockdown timeframe
Authorities at China’s commercial hub were forced into a humiliating U-turn yesterday in their battle with Covid-19. Having placed the…
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Shanghai goes into lockdown
On Sunday China announced Shanghai would enter a staggered lockdown, starting today, marking the biggest city-wide lockdown in the People’s…
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