![]() Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping companies, also said the Shanghai lockdown can cause transportation delays and higher costs. China OUT (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) AFP/Getty ImagesĪ Covid-19 spike like the one in China is unlikely in the US, experts say. ![]() ![]() But it suggested that supply chain managers and analysts around the world “start planning for knock on effects.”Ī resident undergoes a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on March 29, 2022. It remains unclear what impact the lockdown will have on the port’s vessel backlog, the firm said. However, the recent increase is far higher than both last year and normal seasonal levels,” the firm said in a statement on Tuesday. “Congestion at Shanghai usually worsens at this time of year. VesselsValue, a global shipping data provider, said the number of ships waiting to load or discharge at Shanghai’s port had skyrocketed to more than 300 this week, a near five fold increase in the past two and half weeks. It is the world’s busiest container port, handling more than four times the volume seen at the Port of Los Angeles in 2021, according to data from both cities’ port authorities. These restrictions have caused major delays at Shanghai port, which is in the eastern part of the city and was already congested. Shanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ALY SONG/REUTERS A delivery worker passes food to a woman over the barriers of an area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China March 23, 2022.
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