Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports

Started

2021-07-24 (24 July 2021)

Ended

2021-07-27 (27 July 2021)

Status

ended

Type

Weather stoppage

Severity

2 Moderate

Scope

regional

Chokepoints

None

Ports

Shanghai (Yangshan), Shanghai, Ningbo

Lanes

None

Countries

China

Confidence

low: Every source is trade or general press and no port authority or maritime safety notice was retrieved. The Yangshan closure rests on a Bloomberg report quoting a social media post and unnamed people, Ningbo is supported only by Lloyd's List and SEKO Logistics through FreightWaves with no times, and no source gives reopening times.

First reported

2021-07-23 (23 July 2021)

• Severity basis: Yangshan terminals halted operations on 2021-07-24 and trade press reported the Shanghai ports shut until at least 2021-07-27 with operations restarting that day, which falls in the band of 24 hours to 7 days at port level.

1. 2021-07-23Lloyd's List reports container pickups and deliveries suspended at terminals in Shanghai and Ningbo ahead of In-fa, with Yangshan due to stop pickups from 06:00 and deliveries from 12:00 local time on 2021-07-24. [s3]
2. 2021-07-24All container ship docks at Yangshan are reported shut and about 150 vessels evacuated. The Yangshan Port Maritime Safety Administration says on social media that all terminals have halted operations. [s1] [s2]
3. 2021-07-25In-fa reaches Zhejiang province. SEKO Logistics later reports container freight terminals at Shanghai and Ningbo shut and vessel movements delayed. [s1] [s5]
4. 2021-07-26Bloomberg reports all of Shanghai's ports and some in neighbouring areas shut until at least 2021-07-27, including Yangshan, with oil, LNG and bulk cargo also stopped. [s1]
5. 2021-07-27Lloyd's List reports port operations restarting and a backlog to clear, with about 10% of the usual container vessel berthings at key Chinese hubs in the past week. [s6]

No corrections to this record as of 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026).

1. [s1] gCaptain (Bloomberg), Shanghai mega ports shuttered as Typhoon In-Fa slams east China, published 2021-07-26 (26 July 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
2. [s2] Al Jazeera, China shuts down ports, cancels flights as Typhoon In-Fa nears, published 2021-07-24 (24 July 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
3. [s3] Lloyd's List, Port operations in Shanghai and Ningbo disrupted by typhoon, published 2021-07-23 (23 July 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
4. [s4] Container News, Backlog remains in Shanghai in Typhoon In-fa's wake, published 2021-08-05 (5 August 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
5. [s5] FreightWaves, Typhoon In-fa slows air, ocean exports from China, published 2021-07-26 (26 July 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
6. [s6] Lloyd's List, China port calls slump as typhoon In-fa takes its toll, published 2021-07-27 (27 July 2021), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)

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Plain text

World Freight Monitor. "Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports." Last updated 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026). https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/typhoon-in-fa-shanghai-ningbo-2021/

APA

World Freight Monitor. (2026). Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports. World Freight Monitor. https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/typhoon-in-fa-shanghai-ningbo-2021/

BibTeX

@misc{wfm_typhoon_in_fa_shanghai_ningbo_2021,
  author = {{World Freight Monitor}},
  title = {Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last updated 2026-10-29},
  url = {https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/typhoon-in-fa-shanghai-ningbo-2021/}
}