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Sailors from foreign ships tests COVID positive at one of the world’s busiest cargo port
Published on: 2021-08-13
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Overstretched global supply chains face the risks of further disruptions after an employee at the world’s busiest cargo port tested positive for COVID-19. Operations at China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port have been thrown into crisis after a 34-year worker tested positive for the virus, a development that could instigate worsening global supply chain disruptions as port authority and health officials seek to contain further spread.
 

Reports from the Ningbo-Zhoushan port in east China's Zhejiang Province indicate that all close contacts of the employee have been quarantined, with the sites involved suspending work and being disinfected. There are also reports that port authorities are turning away ships.
 

Ningbo-Zhoushan is one of China's busiest ports, especially popular for 100,000-ton class ships. The combined ports boasts of more than 100 berths for 50,000-tons ships. While Shanghai is China's busiest container port, Ningbo-Zhoushan is the second-busiest container port having handled over 16 million TEU in the first half of 2021. It is overall the largest cargo port in China, and while cargo volumes were down slightly in the first half of 2021, it handled a total of 623 million tons of cargo n the first six months of this year. The total cargo throughput at the port in 2020 was up nearly five percent to 1.2 billion tons of cargo.
 

To contain the spread, China has ordered mass testing, with port authorities also required to ensure ship crews and port workers are also tested. Shipping companies and industry stakeholders are warning the latest COVID-19 outbreak in China risks exacerbating an already worse situation in global supply chains that is grappling with port congestion, container shortage and rising costs, including service disruption surcharges being imposed by shipping lines.
 

“The impact of vessel delays is by far the largest single element causing the severe capacity shortage, driving up freight rates in the market presently,” said Alan Murphy, Sea-Intelligence CEO.
 

COVID-19 disruptions at Ningbo-Zhoushan port is likely to have substantial ripple effects on global trade owing to the fact that it is one of the busiest ports in China. The port operates 260 container shipping routes, including over 100 routes servicing the Road and Belt initiative.
 

宁波舟山港作业人员中发现一例新冠阳性!码头已停止作业

在11日下午举行的宁波市新冠肺炎疫情防控工作新闻发布会上,宁波市通报了1例核酸检测阳性样本的相关情况。
 

目前,核酸检测阳性人员余某工作的宁波舟山港梅山港区采取了封闭管控。相关部门第一时间对余某开展流行病学调查,判定密接者245人。
 

近期,国际国内疫情防控形势严峻。据宁波海港防疫专班相关负责人介绍,根据要求,引航员、登临国际航行船舶人员、进口冷链货物直接接触装卸人员等高风险岗位人员要相对固定、登记造册,实行闭环或封闭管理。

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