A huge pile up of fish cargoes at a Chinese port risks impacting shipments of frozen food across the country and beyond.
Hundreds of containers are being held up in Dalian, a major port for seafood imports, as local authorities test the fish for the coronavirus before allowing them to clear customs, according to several freight forwarders, consultants and shipping companies. That’s leading to scant availability of electric outlets to keep refrigerated containers, known as reefers, cold.
The shortage of plug points and dwindling space at the port has prompted shipping liners to cancel new reefer bookings into Dalian, and the congestion is now spreading to other refrigerated items like fruit and dumplings. It also means frozen containers are being diverted to other ports in China, leading to bottlenecks in Shanghai and Qingdao too.
Frozen Fish Pileup in China Threatens Global Supply Chains
Bloomberg 1/27/2021
(Bloomberg)
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A huge pile up of fish cargoes at a Chinese port risks impacting shipments of frozen food across the country and beyond.
Hundreds of containers are being held up in Dalian, a major port for seafood imports, as local authorities test the fish for the coronavirus before allowing them to clear customs, according to several freight forwarders, consultants and shipping companies. That’s leading to scant availability of electric outlets to keep refrigerated containers, known as reefers, cold.