Carriers divert vessels from Ningbo, as fears of ‘another Yantian’ grow

Ships are beginning to divert from Ningbo to Shanghai, following yesterday’s decision to close the Ningbo Meishan Island International Container Terminal (MSICT) due to Covid.
All operations at the terminal were suspended at 3am today, with the gate-in of export containers limited to two days of a vessel’s ETA.
CMA CGM said cargo operations on its vessels, Samson, on its PEX3 service, and Rivoli, on FAL1, which are alongside, were “temporarily on hold” …