Typhoon Dolphin hit China's east coast on 9 August 2026. Operations at Shanghai and Ningbo were suspended on 7 and 8 August, and Kuehne+Nagel estimated more than 2.4 million TEU of container ship capacity was stranded.
C.H. Robinson reported that Yangshan and Waigaoqiao in Shanghai stopped berthing, loading and gate-in services, with export cargo held at warehouses. Ningbo terminals resumed at 16:00 local time on 10 August and Shanghai restarted early on 11 August.
By 12 August, 117 vessels had returned to Shanghai's anchorage and 60 to Ningbo's. Kuehne+Nagel put the seven-day average wait at 3.95 days in Shanghai and 2.26 days in Ningbo, and said congestion had spread to South China.
Sources
- Kuehne+Nagel: Typhoon Dolphin in China leaves more than 2.4m TEU stranded (opens in a new tab)
- C.H. Robinson: Typhoon Dolphin, East China ocean and air freight update (opens in a new tab)
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