News / Exporting restarts at Yantian, but carriers bypass port as congestion reigns

Export operations resumed at Shenzhen’s port of Yantian on Monday, but a 20,000 container backlog and slow productivity means at least another week of delays.

The past 48 hours saw a raft of schedule omissions, with ONE announcing 12 of its vessels would skip Yantian and nearby Shekou between 30 May and 13 June, and a further two services switching to Nansha, in Guangzhou.

Hapag-Lloyd said it was temporarily switching two of its Far East loop sailings to Nansha, while Maersk said it ...