Container Port in Eastern China Halts Operations Following COVID-19 Case
Ningbo Meidong Container Terminal, a container port in China's eastern marine hub Ningbo, just south of Shanghai, shut down operations after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, a port official at an Aug. 11 press briefing said, Reuters reported.…
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Ningbo Meidong is a subsidiary of the Ningbo Zhoushan Port and also temporarily halted all inbound and lift-off services from 3:30 a.m. local time Aug. 11. The Ningbo Zhoushan port is China's second-largest container port by handling volume, just after Shanghai; it handled 18.68 million 20-foot-equivalent units in the first seven months of 2021, Reuters said. Twenty-eight container vessels were queuing outside the port Aug. 11, down from 53 vessels July 29, the Reuters report said, citing Refinitiv data.