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<\/p>\nApril 8, 2022<\/p>\n
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A shortage of trucks to haul containers from the port is impeding the clearance of imports, Ocean Network Express said in a customer advisory Wednesday. While the port is operating normally, the \u201ccritically high\u201d numbers of refrigerated containers and items classified as dangerous goods piled up at two storage yards means some ships carrying those types of cargo may not be able to unload any more boxes at the port, it said.<\/p>\n
Shanghai is now the epicenter of\u00a0China\u2019s worst Covid outbreak<\/a>\u00a0in two years, with almost 20,000 new cases\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0just on Wednesday. The shortage of trucks is also hitting companies in the city which have been able to continue working through the lockdown, with chip giant Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. struggling to secure trucks to ship out finished goods.<\/p>\n Truckers form a crucial component of supply chains in China, moving raw materials from coastal ports to factories further inland. The backlog is likely contributing to growing\u00a0ship queues<\/a>\u00a0off China, threatening even more delays and higher freight rates in coming months.<\/p>\n Tightened restrictions on truckers in other parts of China are also delaying the delivery and return of containers to ports, according to freight forwarders. There is a possibility that containers of frozen food or hazardous items like lithium batteries or chemicals won\u2019t be able to land at Shanghai and will need to be re-routed to other ports, ONE said.<\/p>\n Yantian terminal at Shenzhen port in southern China will halt the collection and delivery of containers at all berths for about two hours Thursday evening to smooth out port operations, according to an advisory sent to customers. Truckers were advised not to arrive earlier to pick up boxes as they could get held up.<\/p>\n