Ports around Shanghai see surging transshipment volume

SHANGHAI: Medium-sized ports around Shanghai, including those at Taicang and Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu province, saw a surging volume of transshipment to Shanghai in March, since many neighbouring cities adopted strict anti-Covid measures for truck drivers going to and coming from Shanghai due to the city’s lockdown, according to forwarders and Customs officials.

Even though Shanghai International Port Group, the operator of Shanghai Port, announced last week that its daily throughput had remained around 140,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in March, getting containers into the city has become a challenge for truck drivers serving the city as many neighbouring cities restrict travel to and from Shanghai.