Shanghai Export International Shipping Slowed Down by COVID19

March 29-2022 Shanghai transport News (source from: https://www.eet-china.com/mp/a120866.html) If you have goods to be shipped from Shanghai, the largest city and international trade port in whole China, the international delivery will be surely infected in end of March and April 2022. Due to the current outbreak of disease in Shanghai, lots of logistics companies cut off the delivery services. Lots of shipping companies do not and cannot accept new bookings. Shanghai districts are closed and controlled in batches, and some logistics expressways are closed! SMIC / Hua Hong / TSMC / ASE / Pegatron and others responded:

Shanghai officially announced on the evening of March 27 that it would adopt “sealing and control management” in batches. At present, TSMC, ASE, Hejing, Pegatron and other companies have also responded to this.
Shanghai notified that from 5:00 on March 28, Shanghai will implement PCR testing in batches with the Huangpu River as the boundary. The first batch is mainly Pudong, Punan and adjacent areas, and the closure and testing will be implemented at 5:00 on April 1. Unblocking; the second batch is the Puxi area, which will be closed at 3:00 on April 1, and will be lifted at 3:00 on the 5th.

Reply to various manufacturers in the closed city of Shanghai:

Semiconductor Supply Chain – Shanghai 

TSMC: In accordance with the local government’s preventive measures, the Shanghai 8-inch factory is located in Songjiang District, Puxi, accounting for about 1% of the total production capacity, and the current production is not affected.
ASE: At present, there is only one material factory in Pudong left in Shanghai.
Hejing: Shanghai plant staffing and production will not be affected, but shipments may be affected.
SMIC: Shanghai’s 8-inch and 12-inch production capacity accounts for about 25% of the total production capacity, located in Pudong, but with reference to the situation in Tianjin and Shenzhen, it will not have a big impact.
Hua Hong: Normal production will not be suspended, and non-front-line personnel will work remotely.

Motherboard Supply Chain
The factories of downstream companies such as MSI, Gigabyte and ASRock are mainly located in Kunshan, Dongguan, etc. The production is not affected, but the products shipped through Shanghai are slightly affected. As Shanghai is only closed for a few days, MB downstream plants have finished product inventory in overseas warehouses.
iPhone Supply Chain

Pegatron’s Shanghai Pegatron iPhone assembly plant is currently producing normally.

PCB factory Response due to COVID19, Shanghai

The main production base of the PCB factory is located in Kunshan, which is not affected by the closure of Shanghai.
Chemical Supply Chain

Yongyu and Huiguang cooperated with the policy to carry out personnel inspections. Huiguang said that they will be in close contact with customers and suppliers to adjust the delivery time, and orders will be delayed until the end of the closure.

Taiju’s Taiya and Juhua trading companies in Shanghai sell products to small local customers, while Taiya trades independently, while Juhua sells Taiju and Yaju products. Taiju said that the two sales locations account for the company’s revenue. It is very small and does not affect the overall operation.
Formosa Biomedical, a subsidiary of Taihua, said that its Shanghai subsidiary is the main sales base in mainland China, and both consumers and enterprises are sold through e-commerce. Currently, there is a delay in logistics, and it is expected to improve within a week and ship as soon as possible. .
Yongguang pointed out that the Shanghai subsidiary is located around Puxi Hongqiao Airport. There is no problem with the current operation. Only logistics are affected. However, due to the controllable time of the city closure, shipments can be accelerated in the future. .

Tesla Motors Shut Down due to the Disease Outbreak in Shanghai 2022

Tesla Shanghai Plant is located in Lingang Industrial Zone, Pudong New Area. It is the first batch of areas to be closed and controlled. The city will be closed from 5:00 a.m. on the 28th, and large-scale nucleic acid screening will be carried out at the same time until it is resolved at 5:00 a.m. on April 1st. seal up.

It’s unclear how the shutdown will affect Tesla’s production. Wall Street analysts had previously forecast that Tesla could deliver about 320,000 vehicles globally in the first quarter of 2022, up from 309,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021. Tesla will report first-quarter 2022 deliveries in early April.

Shanghai notified that during the closure and control period, all personnel should stay at home, and personnel and vehicles can only enter and not enter. Contactless delivery such as take-out and express delivery necessary for basic life is not allowed to enter the residential area. All enterprises implement closed production or work from home, except for public service enterprises such as water, electricity, fuel, gas, and communication supply to ensure the life of citizens and the basic operation of the city, and public transportation is suspended.

Some logistics suspend warehousing, receipt and delivery business, and many highway entrances and exits are closed

On the evening of the 27th, the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group Office issued a notice to carry out a new round of dicing and grid nucleic acid screening across the city. All enterprises in the closed area have implemented closed production or work from home. Some logistics enterprises in the first batch of closed areas have issued notices to suspend the receipt and delivery of goods in warehouses. It is worth noting that the Shanghai Port will remain open 24 hours a day.
Starting from 5:00 on March 28, Shanghai will implement nucleic acid screening in batches with the Huangpu River as the boundary.

The first batch, Pudong, Punan and adjacent areas (including Pudong New District, Fengxian District, Jinshan District, Chongming District, Minhang District Pujin Street, Pujiang Town, Songjiang District Xinbang Town, Shihudang District Town, Maogang Town, Yexie Town) first implemented the closure and control, carried out nucleic acid screening, and lifted the closure at 5:00 on April 1. At the same time, the key areas in Puxi continued to implement closure and control management.

In the second batch, starting from 3:00 on April 1, according to the principle of pressing forward, the Puxi area will be closed and controlled, and nucleic acid screening will be carried out, and the closure will be lifted at 3:00 on April 5.

Shanghai Export International Shipping Slowed Down by COVID19

Shanghai Port maintains 24-hour operation?

Meishe International Group Shanghai Port issued a notice on the 27th: In response to the latest requirements of Shanghai epidemic prevention and control, our company is located in Shanghai Fengxian (No. 500 Pingxiao Road), Waigaoqiao (No. 89 Gaoxiang Ring Road, Gaodong Town, Pudong, No. 1333 Renmin Road ) warehouses will suspend delivery and operations from 5:00 a.m. on March 28. The prevention and control measures are tentatively scheduled to end at 5:00 a.m. on April 1.

Shanghai Yalian International Logistics Co., Ltd.: It has been decided to suspend receipt of goods from warehouses at 5:00 on March 28, 2022 until it resumes at 5:00 on April 1, 2022. If the container has been packed in the warehouse and can be pre-entered, please contact our company in time to arrange the pre-entry. If the notification is later than the specified time for sealing and control or the container cannot be shipped on board due to sealing and control reasons, it is a force majeure. Our company will not be responsible for any Liability for compensation. Please cooperate with the government to control and cooperate with the operation. Our company has decided to suspend the receipt and delivery business from 5:00 on March 28, 2022 until it resumes at 5:00 on April 1, 2022.
Shanghai Zhongwei International Logistics Co., Ltd.: It is decided to suspend the receipt of goods from the warehouse from 5:00 on March 28, 2022 until it resumes at 5:00 on April 1, 2022.
Tengyuan Logistics: From 23:00 on March 27, 2022, the warehouse receipt will be suspended until it will resume at 8:00 on April 1, 2022.

Many highways to and from Shanghai closed

On the 28th, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice, in order to curb the spread of the epidemic, protect the lives and health of the people, and realize the social dynamic reset as soon as possible. Based on the principle of a nucleic acid negative certificate within 48 hours”, it is now decided to implement traffic control on batch nucleic acid testing areas.
From 5:00 on March 28 to 5:00 on April 1, key areas and adjacent areas such as Pudong New Area to the east and south of the Huangpu River (including the entire Pudong New Area, Pujin Street and Pujiang Town in Minhang District, and Xinbang Town in Songjiang District) , Shihudang Town, Maogang Town, Yexie Town, the entire Fengxian District, the entire Jinshan District, and the entire Chongming District), all expressway toll stations are temporarily closed, and the tunnels and bridges across the river are temporarily closed.

From 3:00 on April 1st to 3:00 on April 5th, in key areas such as Minhang District, Xuhui District, Jiading District, Huangpu District and adjacent areas to the west of the Huangpu River, including other areas except the first batch, all expressway tolls The station is temporarily closed, and the tunnel and bridge crossing the river is suspended.

From 5:00 on March 28 to 3:00 on April 5, Jiading District G2 Jinghu, G15 Zhuqiao, Qingpu S26 Huchang, G50 Huyu, S32 Shenjiahu, Songjiang G60 Hukun, Jinshan S36 Tingfeng, G15 Huzhe, Chongming G40 Chongqi and other 9 highway crossings around the Shanghai city border and land highways are subject to traffic control in the direction of exiting Shanghai, and the drivers and passengers of vehicles leaving Shanghai must hold a negative nucleic acid certificate within 48 hours. Not allowed without proof.