Global cargo ships has been interrupted for several month due to the epidemic , and requirement for Asiatic goods from westerly countries has exceeded exporter ’ ability to send containers overseas . But at Yantian Port in Shenzhen , one of the world ’s major container ports , the recent Covid outbreak has made the situation bad . At the beginning of this month , the capacity to address containers at Yantian Port devolve sharply . The larboard announced that as of June 24 , the overall operation of the Yantian International Container Terminal has been fully restored ; however , its current operation is 30 % lower than the genuine capacity . Maersk , the world ’s largest container transport company , say in a program line : " Several weeks after the Shenzhen Yantian Port was seriously clog due to the Covid , supply concatenation disruptions are still coarse in global trade wind . ” Due to the fact that it takes 16 day to dock at Yantian Port , and container ships waiting for cargo to North America , Europe , and other places had to berth outside Shenzhen and Hong Kong . exporter tried to bypass the delays because of Yantian . Small ships with their own cranes have transported many container instantly from riverside factory terminals in the Pearl River Delta to container ship near Hong Kong . In terms of the encroachment of the outbreak in southern China ’s ports on global craft , taking into account the rapid recovery of the earthly concern economy , the shortage of containers , and soaring transferral costs , it may deepen inflation and extend to orbicular shortages of good . At present , there have been 150 Covid cases in Guangdong Province , and most of them have occurred in Guangzhou . The lockdown measures have caused serious disruptions to the metropolis ’s big port . Based on this , the outbreak in neighboring Shenzhen Yantian Port has exacerbated this trouble , and transportation costs in the supply chain of mountains have risen sharp . Flavio Romero Macau , a older lecturer in business and provision Sir Ernst Boris Chain expert at Edith Cowan University in Perth , say that the shutdown of terminals in China is ordinarily not a serious problem . But combined with other factors , as shipping companies recover price , the damage of manufactured goods and bulk commodity may rise sharply in the next three to five years . “ In fact , before the latest outbreak in China , there was already a shortage of capacity and a shortage of containers , coupled with the congestion of the Ever Given Suez Canal in March this year , which made the market worse . Some interface in Guangdong , including Yantian , Shekou , Chiwan , and Nansha , have banned ships from entering the port without advance reservations and only live with reservation for exportation containers within three to seven days before the ship ’s comer . Maersk , the world ’s leading container shipping ship’s company , said the estimate delay at Yantian Terminal has been extended to 16 day from the previous 14 day . Hapag - Lloyd Communications Director Nils Haupt said : “ One of China ’s magnanimous ports has basically been closed for well-nigh three weeks . There are some berths in operation , but they are far from enough . Ships are being transfer to other ports such as Hong Kong , but this is not enough . There is a backlog of problems . “The congestion at Yantian Port has a minus impact on the agenda rate and container availability . According to an declaration cut by Maersk on Tuesday , Yantian International Container Terminal ( YICT ) continues to face more than two week of ship berthing delays , resulting in subsequent ship berthing delay . At present tense , many flight have suspend calls to Yantian Port , and have exchange calls to Shekou , Nansha , and Hong Kong . The transfer of training of flight vociferation has also caused these porthole to face certain port congestion pressure , with longer look times for ship and special ingress time . The congestion at Yantian Port has presently affect most of the spherical itinerary . Fortunately , there are signs that the port ’s productiveness is improving . The overall operation of Yantian Port has recovered to well-nigh 70 % , and the yard density has dropped to 70 % , although it will take several workweek to address the backlog of boxes .
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