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Ports fear Shanghai surge

With Shanghai’s two month lockdown finally lifting there are concerns that the congestion crippling global container terminal operations is unlikely to end anytime soon, as a backlog of >260K teu and a lot of pent-up demand is released, raising fears

Shanghai reopening 1st June

After achieving three consecutive days with no new COVID-19 cases, Shanghai is resuming outdoor activities in stages, but with most restrictions on movement remaining in place until 21st May 21, after which public transport and other services will resume, with

Threat of EU trade war grows

After the Prime Minister’s trip to Northern Ireland last week failed to trigger any concessions in the dead-locked political situation, the government has announced plans to table legislation that will scrap parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, in spite of

Shanghai lockdown latest

With Shanghai now entering its fourth week in lockdown, cargo deliveries into Shanghai Pudong Airport are becoming backed up and Shanghai-bound cargo is increasingly being discharged elsewhere.

Shanghai lockdown extended

After a week of partial closure, Shanghai now faces full lockdown while Puxi’s lockdown, in the west of the city begins today, with residential areas where people have tested positive sealed off for an additional 10 days.  The city said

Shanghai implements largest ever lockdown

China’s most populous city and its financial hub, is implementing a city-wide lockdown, after battling a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks for nearly a month. In the following nine days, Shanghai will be locked down in two stages, with the

March Market Update

Our monthly market report provides international freight, carrier and rate insights, to provide supply chain forecasts for the weeks ahead. With surface and air routes between Asia and Europe that traverse Russia unavailable for commercial cargo movement, we consider the demand

Shenzhen lockdown and Shanghai close to passenger flights

Shipping lines are considering schedule adjustments as the Chinese city of Shenzhen begins lockdown, until Sunday, at the earliest and Shanghai Pudong airport closes to to inbound passenger flights. Authorities in Langfang, which borders Beijing and Dongguan, in Guangdong prvince, have