container truck on the bridge

Freight forwarders in China are expecting a battle for truck capacity next week as factories and warehouses slowly reopen following the coronavirus outbreak.

According to Shanghai-based Marco Reichel, APAC business development manager at Crane Worldwide Logistics, some manufacturers will restart on Monday, while others will stay shuttered until 14 February.

“The biggest issue next week will be the trucking,” he told The Loadstar.

“There are some trucking companies in tier-1 cities able to receive bookings for next week. Otherwise definitely there will be ...

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  • Moving Brainerd

    February 11, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    This is difficult situation in many ways. Things need to get to where they are going but at what safety costs? Glad I’m not making those difficult decisions.

  • Stefan Robert

    December 07, 2020 at 6:04 am

    Almost no trucks are moving across the China-Vietnam border. I think coronavirus is the issue for moving trucks. If coronavirus being normal reopen the border again I think.