From the data, there is no obvious congestion in Shanghai port.
Recently, the outside world has paid close attention to the operation of Shanghai port. In April 2nd, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) responded to the official account of WeChat on the “Hong Kong home”. “Affected by the current epidemic, some foreign trade enterprises encountered new difficulties and unexpected situations when arranging goods to enter and exit the port. Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) started the emergency plan for the first time, overcoming many pressures and difficulties, and fully ensuring the stability and smoothness of the supply chain logistics chain.”
On April 3, 21st Century Business Herald also obtained a detailed report on the port congestion of Shanghai and Yangshan containers from yihailan’s ship news network. The report showed that on April 2, the latest port congestion index of Shanghai Yangshan Port was 0.53, the number of ships at the anchorage was 1, the median waiting time at the anchor was 21.51 hours, and the number of ships at anchor was 26, which totaled 1540244 according to TEU. On April 1, the average port congestion index was 0.24, belonging to the basic unblocked range. The number of berthing vessels is 36, and the average waiting time is 22.65 hours. On that day, there were 40 new ships entering the port, and the direct berthing rate was 0.8 “From the data, there is no obvious congestion in Shanghai port.” Insiders told reporters.
The reason why Shanghai Port wants to make a response is that some media recently released false reports on the serious congestion of Shanghai port, which mentioned that “the delay of Shanghai port is becoming more and more serious”, “this week, the number of ships waiting for loading and unloading in Shanghai port has soared to more than 300” and other false statements and drawings, which have a certain negative impact on Shanghai port and brought many unnecessary concerns to customers and people in the industry, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) it is necessary to respond and clarify.
“According to the monitoring data, the average berthing time of container ships in Shanghai port has been significantly lower than that in Shanghai port since October 28, 2021, etc.” Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) said in response that all production units in Hong Kong maintained normal operation for 24 hours except for the impact of extreme weather.
The 21st Century Business Herald reporter also learned from insiders that recently Shanghai International Airport Co.Ltd(600009) , ports and other important hubs have been under closed-loop management, and the operation of ports and airports has not been affected. The epidemic in Shanghai has had an adverse impact on the city’s logistics transportation. In order to ensure the smooth container distribution system, Shanghai Port issued a notice on March 28, making new arrangements for the passage and epidemic prevention requirements of container transport vehicles in the port area, and issuing electronic passes to container transport vehicles entering the port.
As for the docking of many ships outside Shanghai port, the satellite map obtained by the 21st Century Business Herald from the ship news network shows that many ships are indeed berthed at the anchorage of Shanghai and Yangshan Port and the anchorage of the Yangtze River Estuary. Insiders pointed out that the number is slightly higher than that earlier this year, but the proportion of containers is not high. The container congestion is not serious.
The report obtained by the 21st Century Business Herald reporter shows that the recent situation of container ships entering and leaving the berth in Shanghai and Yangshan port is roughly the same as that in the previous two years, and there is no significant change.
In the seven days before April 2, 307 ships left the port of Shanghai and Yangshan, with an average operation time of 20.31 hours and an average in port time of 23.25 hours according to TEU combined 1423791.
