Ningbo’s Meishan Terminal Resuming Full Operations
The Meishan Terminal at the Port of Ningbo, China, which authorities shut down 10 days ago over one COVID case, has started to load and unload vessels that were already berthed prior to August 18. Empty container pickups are scheduled to resume on August 25, with the terminal projected to be back at full operating strength by September 1.
Ningbo Port suspends operations at Meidong Container Port amid Covid-19 concerns
Operations at Ningbo Meidong Container Terminal (also referred to as Meishan Terminal) were suspended on August 11, 2021 due to a 34-year-old worker tested positive for Covid-19. The worker resides in a dormitory and tested negative on August 8, before being retested on August 10. Ningbo Port has started to turn away all Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO, OOCL, and Evergreen vessels that...
Georgia Ports Authority Sees Port Congestion into 2022 / West Coast Vessel Dwell Time Increases
Georgia’s Port of Savannah—the largest container gateway on the East Coast after Newark, New Jersey—handled 478,620 20-foot equivalent container units in May, its second-busiest month on record, and more than 100,000 TEUs higher than the volume reached in May 2019. Savannah’s all-time monthly high was 498,065 reached in March. As of Monday, about a dozen container carriers were anchored outside...
Union Pacific Railroad Temporarily Suspending Service to its Joliet, Illinois Terminal
Union Pacific Railroad (UP) will temporarily halt all international intermodal service from Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, and Tacoma, to its Global IV terminal in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago, for up to seven days beginning July 19, an emergency measure designed to get thousands of ocean containers to their cargo owners. The suspension of service applies to all UP’s ocean...