Five people were confirmed to be infected at Shanghai Pudong Airport, and air freight rates may rise again!

Five people were confirmed to be infected at Shanghai Pudong Airport, and air freight rates may rise again!

As of 8:00 a.m. on August 22, Shanghai had 9 new confirmed cases of imported cases from abroad; Pudong New Area had 3 new confirmed cases, and all 3 cases in Pudong New Area were foreign cargo plane operators at Pudong Airport.

 

As of now, there are a total of 5 confirmed cases involving Pudong Airport in Shanghai , all of whom have been isolated and treated at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center .

 

Shanghai Airport also issued a statement saying that Pudong Airport adheres to the principle of strict separation of support for passenger and cargo planes, and strict separation of support for overseas flights and domestic flights, and implements strict "joint prevention of people, goods, and the environment" closed-loop management of epidemic prevention and control. Currently, passenger flights at Pudong Airport are operating normally .

 

Due to the confirmed cases found in routine nucleic acid tests of staff in the overseas cargo aircraft operation area of ​​Pudong Airport, the support of cargo flights has been affected to a certain extent. Pudong Airport is now actively organizing its forces and doing its best to provide maximum service support for cargo flights.

 

Affected by this sudden outbreak, all relevant staff at the Pudong Airport's international flight concentrated living area must undergo nucleic acid testing and health observation. It is expected that the international air freight logistics market this week and next week will be affected to a certain extent .

 

As ground agents are concentrated on nucleic acid testing, on-site delivery and operations will be affected , the workflow will be delayed, and it is unclear when it will return to normal.

 

In addition, air cargo that has been booked this week is also facing suspension of operations, and the relevant freight forwarders and customers need to take corresponding countermeasures .

 

The airport notice indicated that all outbound international cargo and passenger-to-cargo flights will be suspended from the afternoon of August 20, and the resumption time is yet to be determined. The inbound cargo flights will be delayed in unloading after landing .

 

There is also news that the Pudong Airport Cargo Terminal ( PACTL) has been temporarily closed and all cargo has been temporarily stopped. The specific opening time will be notified separately . PACTL was jointly funded by China and Germany and has a total cargo handling capacity of 2.5 million tons per year . According to incomplete statistics, PACTL's customers include more than 40 Chinese and foreign airlines.

 

It is expected that there will be a large-scale cancellation of international flights in the next few days , air cargo will decrease, and international freight prices may continue to rise . Relevant freight forwarders and customers are reminded to pay close attention to the relevant situation of international freight in the near future to reduce freight losses !


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