As countries around the world increasingly adopt sweeping measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the UK has announced enhanced measures to restrict movement, for a period of at least three weeks.
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Chinese factories are slowly getting back to work with output reaching 60-80% of pre-Chinese New Year levels in most regions.
Our latest Coronvarius update considers the current situation in China in respect of container shortages, sea freight, air freight and the status of six critical supply chain factors across the country.
We are increasing our logistics hub network, to meet increasing customer demand and support the needs of retailers and brands expanding their online activity, with a new 150,000 sq. ft. facility at London Medway.
The container lines are still calling, though port operations are erratic. Air freight continues to struggle most, while factories in China began opening from Monday, February 10 – although there are regional variations.
To try and restrict the virus’ spread, Chinese authorities have expanded their extended CNY holidays (to 9th February) to a further 12 regions (see full list at bottom) while, in some good news for shippers, 25 of the countries leading ports have announced that they will waive storage charges for loaded containers during the extended holidays period from the 24th January to the 9th February.
China announced today that Chinese New Year public holidays are to be extended upto the 2nd February 2020 (9th in Shanghai and Suzhou), as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) annual Freight Service Awards were held yesterday with Noatum Logistics triumphant in the ‘Air Cargo Services’ category.
Christmas strike action has been voted for overwhelmingly, by workers at Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest container port, in a dispute over outsourcing.
