Weather stoppage events

The archive records 15 weather stoppage events. Definitions of every event type are on the methodology page.

Weather stoppage

Weather stoppage events
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2026-09-22	Hurricane Polo restricts shipping at Mexican Pacific ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2026-09-20	Typhoon Dujuan halts cargo calls at Yokohama and Tokyo Bay ports	Weather stoppage	ended	3 Significant
2026-08-26	Typhoon Saudel closes Ningbo and Shanghai container terminals	Weather stoppage	ended	3 Significant
2026-08-07	Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai	Weather stoppage	ended	3 Significant
2024-09-25	Hurricane Helene closes the Port Tampa Bay and Port Manatee shipping channels	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2024-09-04	Typhoon Yagi halts container handling at Hong Kong and Shenzhen terminals	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2024-07-07	Hurricane Beryl closes the Houston, Galveston, Freeport and Texas City ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2023-08-31	Typhoon Saola halts port work in Hong Kong and Shenzhen	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2023-06-12	Cyclone Biparjoy suspends operations at Gujarat ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2023-02-22	Cyclone Freddy halts cargo handling at the port of Beira in Mozambique	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2022-09-27	Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2022-09-13	Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2021-08-28	Hurricane Ida closes New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2021-07-24	Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate
2021-02-14	Winter storm closes Houston, Galveston, Texas City and Corpus Christi ports	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate