After a two-month city-wide lockdown against Covid outbreaks, Shanghai is close to zero cases and will fully resume factory production and operations from 1 June.
Following the progressive production resumption of manufacturers and logistics service providers,the daily container handling capacity of Shanghai port is around 107,500 teu,returning to 95% of normal level.
The daily container throughput for ports in Yangtze River delta region is 254,700 teu,an increase of 1.2% year-on-year.
Shanghai port is providing full support to stabilise the port operation amid and post-pandemic and will devote every effort to ensure Shanghai’s position as the world’s busiest container port,said Gu Jinshan,chairman of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).
To maintaining the 24-hour operations of Shanghai port during the lockdown over 20,000 staff were under the close-loop management starting from mid-March, meaning the both lived and worked at the port,effectively helping the port to run normally.
In the first four months,Shanghai port posted a container volume of 15.35m teu,an increase of 1.9%,holding the position as the busiest container port worldwide.
