News / Shanghai dwell times improving, claims minister, but carriers not convinced

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Containerships are now spending less time in Shanghai port, even as the city’s lockdown entered its third week, claimed China’s Ministry of Transport yesterday.

Wu Chungeng, head of public roads, said last week, vessels operated by mainline operators spent an average of 2.02 days in the port, down 44% on year ago and down 2% compared with January and February.

Mr Wu added that ship-tracking data indicated that, overall, vessels spent an average of 0.99 days at berth last week, which while down ...