The Shanghai lockdown is delaying shipping schedules in South China and bringing down spot rates.
And now Guangzhou has become the latest port city to undergo mass Covid-testing, a frequent precursor to tough restrictions under China’s zero-Covid policy.
City-wide testing began on Saturday evening, along with travel restrictions on who can leave and enter the city.
A contact at the port of Nansha said its container terminals were operating normally, but truck drivers in the area had to show a 48-hour negative PCR test, which had caused “some issues in the Pearl River Delta”.