The Ningbo port worker who tested positive for Covid-19 but has been asymptomatic in Zhejiang Province (East China) has no connection with the most recent wave of cases rising in the country.
A huge number of Chinese ports have been facing congestion as cargo processing has been sluggish and vessels due to call at Ningbo are being diverted due to stringent disinfection measures under the country’s “zero-tolerance” Covid-19 policy.
Operations in Ningbo Meishan Port Terminal – the third busiest port globally, remains partially halted for the sixth consecutive day after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
Serving as a marine gateway to the Southern part of China, the port of Hong Kong is the world’s leading port in terms of handling and operating container vessels. The largest port in the world, the Hong Kong port has been widely regarded to be the pivot in the development of the province of Hong Kong.
China said on Tuesday it is investigating the head of its work safety regulator who for years allowed companies to operate without a license for dangerous chemicals, days after blasts in a port warehouse storing such material killed 114 people.
Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 44 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.