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China’s Zero Covid Policy Causing Shipping Bottlenecks in Chinese Ports

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Backlogs Building in Shenzhen

The Wall Street Journal reports China’s Covid-19 Flare-Up Threatens Backlog at Busy Port of Shenzhen

Cargo ships are accumulating at one of China’s busiest ports after another Covid-19 outbreak shut down factories and warehouses in Shenzhen, raising the prospect of a new round of bottlenecks that could push up freight rates and slow deliveries.

There are more than 35 ships waiting to dock in Shenzhen and another 30 farther north in Qingdao, according to shipping brokers. The Port of Shenzhen, which serves a major manufacturing and export hub, includes the Yantian terminal, which handles about a quarter of all U.S.-bound Chinese exports. Shenzhen remains open, but most manufacturing plants and warehouses were ordered to close this past week, and container loading is falling fast as fewer trucks are arriving.

The freight forwarder Seko Worldwide said in a report this past week that there are restrictions for trucks traveling in and out of Shenzhen and that trucks from Shenzhen to Hong Kong have stopped operating, except for essential goods to Hong Kong.

It said truck restrictions also remain in Shanghai, the world’s largest port, with some ships rerouting to Ningbo.

United Parcel Service Inc. has issued service alerts. Pickup and delivery were suspended in Shenzhen and Dongguan, while in Zhejiang province and elsewhere imported items would be set aside for four to seven days for sanitization, the company’s website said.

The backlog at the Ports of LA and Long beach is down from a record 109 in January to a still high 48.

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KidHorn
KidHorn
4 years ago
I have to wonder if China is purposely over reacting to covid to increase inflation pressures in the US. I don’t doubt there’s covid in China, and probably everywhere, but newer variants are showing to be less lethal. They may be using covid as an excuse to slow exports.
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RonJ
RonJ
4 years ago
Reply to  KidHorn
We certainly don’t know what is going on in secret, even in the U.S. We are bombarded with narratives. We are told truth is misinformation/disinformation. The teachers union is going to start using NewsGuard in the classroom, in order to enforce the official narrative.
I forget who it was, but somewhere back in the pandemic, some globalist elitist said we needed a lockdown every other year because- climate change. It’s two years since the March 2020 “two weeks to bend the curve.” The clock is ticking.
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Call_Me
Call_Me
4 years ago
Perhaps this is a feature,  not a bug.  In a nation with highly-centralized control over everyday life, occasionally throwing out a lockdown will keep people in check.  The shipping bottlenecks are a larger headache for other nations and, like high inflation in the U.S. should be transitory.  There isn’t much reason to believe that over the past 2 years China has nearly perfected a zero-covid approach, only to be foiled as Russia advanced on Ukraine (amazingly they were able to tamp things down before and during the olympics).
It hasn’t been a successful approach anywhere, but the authoritarian power that comes with a zero-covid approach is more useful in some countries than others.
Call_Me_Al
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thimk
thimk
4 years ago
I’ve seen price reductions on some articles .  this year i hastily  bought a dually wheel barrow at walmart . They got a bunch in this season and didn’t want to miss out like I did last year (fomo) . Paid 125.00 about a month ago . price dropped to 99.00 last week . I know it is seasonal stuff BUT I got knicked $25.00 . 43′ inch LG 4k TV price drop to 299.00 from about 340.00 ish. Went to the toyota   dealer to get my rav4 serviced , maybe 5 NEW cars on the lot . 4runners are presold at a premium above MSRP if you can get one . (mish: good  investment HODL ) . Brother went into motorcycle dealer (missouri) to BUY one of the 2   Royal Enfield bikes . They wanted 35% over MSRP . He walked out . If you want a Honda 300 motorbike ; 6 month wait . 
Crazy stuff ,
   
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KidHorn
KidHorn
4 years ago
Reply to  thimk
Inflation is very lumpy. Some things have gone way up. Others have gone down. For example, Chicken seems to be in ample supply while beef is in shortage. If there’s a cost of chicken to beef index, I would imagine it’s at one of it’s lowest points right now.
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Casual_Observer2020
Casual_Observer2020
4 years ago
China’s covid 19 vaccine never worked. 
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Webej
Webej
4 years ago
Reply to  Casual_Observer2020
He says, without evidence.
There is more than one. They haven’t used any gene therapies (mRNA, AV DNA vector), apparently they are afraid to.
No evidence theirs is less effective than the Pfizer/Moderna/AZ/J&J vaccines, which wane, have negative efficacy for omicron, and wildly out of bounds harmful effects. The Pfizer only worked b/c it uses such gigantic doses, but still only short-term. Everywhere vaccination was accompanied by a huge wave of cotemporal Covid infection/hospitalization/death.
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  Casual_Observer2020
So please tell us which one did !  …..if you can ..for fn NONE did !  The biggest fraud in history…..a extremely profitable one of course… 
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Zardoz
Zardoz
4 years ago
Reply to  FromBrussels
Toot toot! Kook alert!
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RonJ
RonJ
4 years ago
Reply to  Zardoz
It didn’t prevent infection, which we were told it would. It wasn’t safe, either, according to the standard definition of vaccine safety.
The CDC wanted to take 75 years to dribble out the 450,000 pages of Pfizer documents. There were 9 pages of adverse events, post vaccination, printed in small type. Pfizer lied about Maddie De Gary’s vaccine adverse event during the trial. There is a whistleblower court case, now.
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StukiMoi
StukiMoi
4 years ago
Reply to  Casual_Observer2020
It looks to have worked reasonably well for those who have taken it. Not as well as the leading MRNA vaccines, but still well enough to be very useful.
Of course, a somewhat predictable side effect of “Zero Covid” is that, at least in Hong Kong, not that many bothered getting vaccinated. Including old, vulnerable people. When there are no cases for months on end, government keep reinforcing how good and successful they are at keeping covid at bay, and even non-anti-vaxxers know full and well that vaccines can, and do, have some nasty side effects; one can hardly blame people for “waiting for something better.” It’s yet another example of people becoming vulnerable and weak, once they become dependent on a government service. Now they’re clamoring for ever more draconian measures over there, since so many have allowed themselves to become more vulnerable than they strictly had to.
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Jack
Jack
4 years ago
Reply to  Casual_Observer2020
The Chinese developed 2 vaccines with varying effectiveness (Sinopharm and Sinovac). One worked reasonably well (better if  mixed with AZ). The other not so well.
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Maximus_Minimus
Maximus_Minimus
4 years ago
Is that a container ship in the picture, or the epitome of the failed model of globalization?
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Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Reply to  Maximus_Minimus
It’s a container ship. I assure you. A failed model of globalisation looks completely different.
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Casual_Observer2020
Casual_Observer2020
4 years ago
Reply to  Maximus_Minimus
Do you mean trade ? Shipping trade is thousands of years old.
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honestcreditguy
honestcreditguy
4 years ago
you know what, its about time for Americans to stop buying stuff…..
simple is good but the vanity nation birthrate is now starting young, self has become absorbed in social vanity outlets
the great reset has changed the fabric of America, the world..
Biden and team, the pale white horse…..get ready…
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  honestcreditguy
Americans should start working at 5$ /  hour …….a day rather  LOL !  2000 % inflation …..we are screwed….. in case you hadn t realised yet
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RonJ
RonJ
4 years ago
Doctors Fareed and Tyson treated some 10,000 Covid-19 patients with therapies including Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, with no deaths occurring. Dr. Benjamine Marble has treated 120,000 Covid patients through http://myfreedoctor.com, with only 3 deaths.
Oxford did a study on HCQ. In hospital, no zinc was used. A toxic dose was administered. 25% of the HCQ patients died.
Dr. Zelenko treated 400 HIGH RISK patients at first sign of illness, with HCQ+zinc, within safety protocol. Only .5% died.
Dr. Chris Martinson said the Oxford study was rigged.
Friday, KTLA “news” at 10, ran a story about a study claiming that Ivermectin was no better than placebo. The study is an obvious fraud. I have read or seen too many testimonials of people who have used IVM and most said they felt better within 24 hours of first dose. Ivermectin does have good efficacy against Covid. But Paxlovid and Molnupiravir sell for $500 and $700 per treatment, respectively, while IVM and HCQ make little profit, off patent. It’s all about Chaching, not about saving lives. Dangerous Remdesivir was used as the standard of treatment in hospital, as it costs $3,000 a pop. It has attained the nickname of Run-death-is-near, as it can crash kidneys and cause liver damage, leading to death. Ventilators- i saw a Youtube video by a nurse, in hospital, in New York early on in the pandemic. She said don’t let them put you on a ventilator.
I haven’t even gotten to the Covid shots, yet.
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cindylouwho
cindylouwho
4 years ago
Reply to  RonJ
Are you still writing your garbage about Covid? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why no country in the world is following what you recommend? It’s because it’s all garbage. How you can fall for that garbage, just shows what a fool you are. When are you going to tell us your cures for cancer? I want a good laugh!
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
I didn t follow the jab hype , had covid doing well
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  FromBrussels
my 93 years old mother had Covid twice  , NOT VAXXED unlike the other 34 in her care home department, 20 of them died in hardly 1 year and a half…..tell me something about the benefits of the HOLY VAXX !   …..IDIOTS !
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cindylouwho
cindylouwho
4 years ago
Reply to  FromBrussels
As a nurse, I have watched hundreds of people die of covid. The vast majority were non vaxxed. There is nothing that morons such as you can say that I would believe. Go take your garbage elsewhere. People with intelligence don’t need to listen to your garbage. You must be a demented old man with a tiny brain and a limp dick. Go ask your mommy why you turned out so stupid.
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
The Truth seems to hurt… Doesn t it ? …..brainwashed nitwit !
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cindylouwho
cindylouwho
4 years ago
Reply to  FromBrussels
The truth is that you are a fool. Go ask your mommy to make you feel better about yourself. Because I’m guessing you were never married, mommy’s boy.
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
LOL ! …. my marital status is none of your business and has absolutely nothing to with the Big Covid Scam, the fraud of the century btw !
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FromBrussels
FromBrussels
4 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
Obliging FOOL !
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Zardoz
Zardoz
4 years ago
Reply to  FromBrussels
Offended kook!
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Christoball
Christoball
4 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
There was  massive crescendo of people reaching the average life expectancy age starting in 2020. The Baby Boom began 77 years ago and the death count started mounting 2 years ago because of this. A perfectly good car only needs one part to fail in order to stop running. A quick diagnosis and replacement of that part gets things running again. When living things have one part fail they die. There is usually one straw that breaks the Camels Back that finishes peoples time on Earth. They used to call it Pneumonia, The Grippe, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Poverty, etc. Now when someone dies of complications from these things, and tests positive for Covid they are said to be Covid Deaths.
80% of so called covid deaths are Baby Boomers, and for good reason. Baby Boomers are getting old, and many did not take good care of themselves. Expect higher death numbers from here on out, with or without Covid testing.
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Jack
Jack
4 years ago
Reply to  RonJ
There were many cure-all elixirs developed and pushed by traveling salesmen in the 19th century.
Turned out a lot of them were not that good for you. 
From this learning, we developed the modern method to safely assess pharmaceuticals.
If you want to go back to the old cowboy elixir days and take farmyard worm medication – fine go ahead.
I will keep with the medicines proven effective and safe by the peer review process.
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Call_Me
Call_Me
4 years ago
Reply to  Jack
Five years ago your ‘farmyard worm medication’ was seen as something with amazing promise with a wide range of human health applications.  People following propaganda have reduced it to livestock de-wormer – it would benefit them to do some reading about things B.C. (before covid).  As one example, here is a headline from Nature in 2017:
“Ivermectin: enigmatic multifaceted ‘wonder’ drug continues to surprise and exceed expectations”
As for pharmaceutical approval, there is a rather long list of drugs that were approved and then heavily restricted due to safety concerns or withdrawn altogether.  This post is not in defense of snake oil salesmen, but to point out the fallacy of your bringing ivermectin down to that level.
Call_Me_Al
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Zardoz
Zardoz
4 years ago
Reply to  RonJ
Preaching to The kooks 
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Webej
Webej
4 years ago
Zero Covid = Zero Cognition
  • Up until Event 201, a case of something means you present for medical attention with symptoms.
  • The redefinition of a case to a PCR test for a molecule is the basis of the whole epidemic, despite everything Kary Mullis (Nobel Prize winning inventor of PCR technology) said: “It’s not a diagnosic tool”.
  • If we were to start using PCR tests for other pathogens (yes, which lead to mortality) we would have scores of pandemics.
Aureus Staphylococcus 30%; EPB 95%; Listeria 10%; E. Coli 10%; OC43 10%; influenza; etc
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RonJ
RonJ
4 years ago
Reply to  Webej
The public has been scammed by the official Covid-19 response, emergency protocols, which allowed the public health agencies to throw long standing rules out the window, permitting the use of Remdesivir, which failed on safety, but could be used to generate huge profits for Gilead, to the detriment of hospitalized Covid patients. Incentivized medicine, under the Cares Act, which Medicare authorized a 20% bonus payment of the entire bill, if Remdesivir was used on the patient.
The PCR test was over cycled, producing false positives, creating false cases. Defining a positive test as a case was also improper, as one could have some Covid particles in one’s nasal passages, in which the bodies first line of defense, the mucosa, might prevent those particles from becoming an active Covid illness.
Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin and Fluvoxamine are FDA approved drugs. FDA approved drugs are legally allowed to be prescribed by a doctor off label, for other than what the drug was originally approved for, if the doctor believes it may help the patient. None of them needed an EUA, which is for the use of drugs that have no FDA approval.
The above drugs were blocked because they interfered with an already planned public health agency Covid treatment agenda, mass vaccination.
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Maximus_Minimus
Maximus_Minimus
4 years ago
Reply to  Webej
I am not sure if Kary Mullis is the ultimate guru here, despite earning a Nobel prize for PCR.
The more critical part of genetic analysis was worked out by Christopher Sanger, which is why it’s called Sanger’s method. Now dead and not giving opinions.
Maybe the next prize will be given for figuring out why some have severe symptoms and other almost none at all.
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Call_Me
Call_Me
4 years ago
Reply to  Webej
RE: The redefinition of a case —
Correct, PCR is not a diagnostic tool.  PCR is a technique that replicates a segment of genetic material, not the entire genome.  It does not differentiate between ‘live’ and ‘inactive’ genetic material.  The result of a PCR test may depend on the Ct (cycle threshold), with no accepted standard cutoff some testing firms have been using a Ct of 35, 40, or more, when the more accepted level is that of 25-30 for the purpose of establishing a ‘case’.  In the U.S., the Ct isn’t usually disclosed, but the output of PCR behaves logarithmically, so clearly this should be an important variable to be considered.
RE: scores of pandemics — been there, done that:
“Faith in Quick Test Leads to Epidemic That Wasn’t”
Call_Me_Al
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Bam_Man
Bam_Man
4 years ago
“Zero COVID Policy” could well be code for “Partial Export Embargo”.
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Zardoz
Zardoz
4 years ago
In 3 years this will show up as a lack of garbage for the landfills.
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Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
As we come out of the covid nightmare they are going into it. At a point not far into the future they will have keep things open and let the virus run because they can’t control it by locking down. This variant is just too contagious to contain. Unfortunately they can’t make the RNA vaccines themselves and they can’t for ideological reasons use ours. Since the party cannot admit defeat they have to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis and as everyone knows that is not easy to do.
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ohno
ohno
4 years ago
Reply to  Doug78
Are we coming out of it?  I see repeated stories about a new variant getting ready to hammer us and that our poop is contaminated.
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TexasTim65
TexasTim65
4 years ago
Reply to  ohno
We’ve been out of it for years. At least healthy people have anyway. The fact our poop is contaminated is the big ‘tell’ that says we’ve learned to live with Covid.
It’s only the unhealthy and the media obsession with Covid that has kept it in the news. A war in Ukraine is all the distraction these days.
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Zardoz
Zardoz
4 years ago
Reply to  TexasTim65
Threat of nuclear war is just the fear stick they need to prod the masses into paying attention.
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prumbly
prumbly
4 years ago
Reply to  Zardoz
I’m surprised Fauci hasn’t popped up again to tell us that it’s more important than ever to get vaccinated now that we may be having a nuclear war.
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Webej
Webej
4 years ago
Reply to  prumbly
He has kind of, talking about the next variant and the need for a 4th booster.
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Rbm
Rbm
4 years ago
Reply to  ohno

My take is unless it mutates and the hospitals fill up with vaxed people its business as usual.   I occasionally check the local site.  Looks like numbers of cases dropped and last week was the first time in couple years with know one in icu.   It will be out there working its way thru the non vaxed/ non natural immunity/ snd such.  

Think i read 80 percent in ca.  have some form of immunity.  We will see.   
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Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Reply to  ohno
We will see. Can’t hide forever. Since Russia keeps threatening nuclear war being afraid of covid looks to be small potatoes to most now.
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honestcreditguy
honestcreditguy
4 years ago
Reply to  Doug78
it was overdone, the ptb overplayed it….healthy people were at such low risk, getting into your car and driving 20 miles in morning had worse odds
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prumbly
prumbly
4 years ago
Reply to  Doug78
China has created an mRNA vaccine for Covid. It is about to start Phase 3 trials right now.
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honestcreditguy
honestcreditguy
4 years ago
Reply to  prumbly
They could use the Indian approved vaccine, true vaccine non RNA, works just as good but not part of big pharma here so not given EUA…
Also get this if you can, even if just a smoker or someone your know with lung issues. Need someone from India to buy it…
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Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Reply to  prumbly
Good to acquire something you need when you don’t need it anymore.
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Six000mileyear
Six000mileyear
4 years ago
It may be part of economic warfare. With the seizure of Russian oligarchs’ yacht by the West, China now has precedence to confiscate cargo ships. That would certainly slow down trade. The West would not have those cargo ships available to repurpose for military use. Luxury cruise ships were refitted for military purposes in WW1 and WW2. I wouldn’t send another cargo ship to China until the backlog clears up enough to “just in time” mode.
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