Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai

Started

2026-08-07 (7 August 2026)

Ended

2026-08-11 (11 August 2026)

Status

ended

Type

Weather stoppage

Severity

3 Significant

Scope

regional

Chokepoints

None

Ports

Ningbo, Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan)

Lanes

None

Countries

China

Confidence

medium: Dates rest on freight forwarder and carrier advisories that agree with each other and with our port call series, but no statement from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port or Shanghai International Port Group was retrieved. The stranded capacity figure is a third-party estimate quoted by one source.

First reported

2026-08-06 (6 August 2026)

• Severity basis: Measured effects at two ports; the portwatch-port-calls series records zero or near zero calls at Ningbo and Shanghai between 2026-08-07 and 2026-08-10, against daily means of about 49 and 88 in the preceding weeks.

1. 2026-08-07Ningbo-Zhoushan terminals, including Beilun, Daxie and Meishan, suspend empty container gate operations at midday and laden container gate operations in the evening as the typhoon approaches. [s1]
2. 2026-08-08Shanghai's Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals suspend empty and laden container gate-in and pickup, so both major East China hubs are stopped. [s1] [s2]
3. 2026-08-09Dolphin comes ashore on the Zhejiang coast; vessels bound for the two ports wait outside the anchorage areas. [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5]
4. 2026-08-10Terminal activity at Ningbo restarts on the afternoon of Monday 10 August. [s2]
5. 2026-08-11Shanghai resumes operations early on Tuesday 11 August. [s2]
6. 2026-08-12Vessel data show 117 ships back in the Shanghai anchorage and 60 in the Ningbo area, with congestion spreading to Southern China. [s2]

• 2026-10-08 (8 October 2026): Added three official sources (s4 China Weather Network for the China Meteorological Administration, s5 and s6 Ministry of Transport) and cited them on the landfall entry, the cause and the resolution. No date, figure or entity was changed.. Reason: The record rested on forwarder and carrier advisories only. National weather and transport authorities confirm the 2026-08-09 landfall in Zhejiang, port working vessels withdrawing and ships sheltering at Ningbo, and anchored ships leaving in batches as the storm weakened.

1. [s1] Worldwide Logistics Group, Typhoon Dolphin Prompts Ningbo-Zhoushan Terminal Suspensions; Shanghai Under Watch, published 2026-08-06 (6 August 2026), accessed 2026-09-20. Archived copy. (press)
2. [s2] Kuehne+Nagel, Typhoon Dolphin in China leaves more than 2.4m TEU stranded, published 2026-08-13 (13 August 2026), accessed 2026-09-20. Archived copy. (press)
3. [s3] V. Alexander and Co., Update on Typhoon Dolphin, May Impact Ocean Freight from Shanghai and Ningbo, published 2026-08-11 (11 August 2026), accessed 2026-09-20. Archived copy. (press)
4. [s4] China Weather Network (China Meteorological Administration), “白海豚”登陆浙江玉环沿海 10余省份将掀强风雨, published 2026-08-09 (9 August 2026), accessed 2026-10-04. Archived copy. (official)
5. [s5] Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, 浙闽交通主动防御管控全力应对台风“白海豚”, published 2026-08-10 (10 August 2026), accessed 2026-10-04. Archived copy. (official)
6. [s6] Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, 交通运输部门动态研判果断“关停撤转”应对强风雨, published 2026-08-11 (11 August 2026), accessed 2026-10-04. Archived copy. (official)

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World Freight Monitor. "Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai." Last updated 2026-10-08 (8 October 2026). https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026/

APA

World Freight Monitor. (2026). Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai. World Freight Monitor. https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026/

BibTeX

@misc{wfm_typhoon_dolphin_shanghai_ningbo_2026,
  author = {{World Freight Monitor}},
  title = {Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last updated 2026-10-08},
  url = {https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026/}
}