Mumbai, Maharashtra
The world’s third busiest port in China, Ningbo-Zhoushan (NZ), is currently going through a partial lockdown. There are new rules for quarantining ships with COVID-19-positive crew members for 21 days. These measures are disrupting the supply of critical machine parts to Indian makers of electronic goods and smartphones.
NZ is an important port of origin for a range of containerised shipments including solar, auto parts and white goods.
Industry experts feel that the disruptions and associated additional costs will make new models costlier and affect the automotive industry in the longer run. Shipping costs have risen four to five times since the start of COVID-19, and the latest issue will lead to a further increase.
The ongoing supply chain disruption will affect the availability of critical parts like semiconductors and television panels for manufacturing home appliances, television and mobile phones. Companies were diverting shipments to other terminals in NZ and surrounding ports.
China will be closed in its Golden Week of October 1-7, 2021, leading shipping companies to move maximum cargo before that to meet festive demand in India.
Deepak Jain, president of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), said that the impact of the recent lockdown at NZ is yet to be gauged.
Source – The Economic Times
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