Tag: China

In light of the coronavirus situation, the US Department of State's Travel issued an advisory, giving its recommendations to the region's citizens in order to be protected. For the records, several organizations, such as the Standard Club or the ITF have also published guidelines, focusing on how to deal with the virus.

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, China is deploying seven cruise ships to house medical workers in Wuhan, at a time when such ships are under scrutiny over the infection of passengers onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, earlier this month. 

Operators should be aware of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships and the requirement that Owners/Operators of any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk, or any other ship above 10,000 GT enter into a pollution clean-up contract with a Ship Pollution Response Organisation (SPRO) before the ship enters a PRC port or engages in loading, discharge or ship-to-ship transfers outside of the port but within 20 nautical miles off shore.

Following the coronavirus spread, thousands of containers reported to be stranded around Indian ports, since their cargo documentations which provide the details of the goods inside the container boxes are in the closed Chinese offices.

Continuing an alarming trend of global cargo disruptions amid the coronavirus outbreak, the bulk carrier Magnate stopped at India's Chennai port after two Chinese crew members onboard displayed fever, a key symptom of the coronavirus. Eventually, it was revealed that the two crew were not infected.  

Following the coronavirus spread, refrigerated containers are being diverted and relocated due to the shortage of reefer plugs at several Chinese ports. Meaning that container companies cannot secure the discharge of their reefers containers without the main power source.

Due to the spread of Covid-19, disruption is being reported in Chinese ports, because of shortage in available labour. As Standard Club informs, the extension of the lunar new year holiday is a significant factor but in some cases workers are absenting from work. 

In light of the coronavirus situation, Ocean Network Express recently decided to apply a congestion surcharge of $1.000 per container for all the reefer cargoes arriving into Shanghai and Xingang from 15 February and onwards, as for regulated trades the effective date will be 14th March 2020 until further notice.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, with several shipping companies skipping Chinese ports and many Chinese factories shutdown, trade market is passing a period of disruption. According to Bloomberg, physical supply chains are affected due to the above-mentioned situation.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese liquefied petroleum gas demand is likely to drop by 3% in the following two months, causing cut in the LPG shipments and affecting the freight rates.