Air and ocean networks in South China will face significant disruption this week as the strongest typhoon of the year bears down on the region.
Super typhoon Ragasa is generating sustained winds of 230 km/h (137 mph) on a track that will take it just south of Hong Kong late Tuesday, with landfall in Guangdong Province on Wednesday.
Container terminals in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou were taking no chances, closing on Monday as the ports prepared for the 19th typhoon to hit South China this year.
Yantian International Container Terminal, Shenzhen’s busiest terminal operator that handles about a quarter of China’s total containerized exports to the US, confirmed it suspended operations at midnight Monday. Hongkong International Terminals said gate operations there ceased early Monday.
Hapag-Lloyd said the typhoon will affect terminal operations in South China this entire week, coming on top of current berthing delays of up to three days at Nansha and Yantian caused by tropical storm Mitag, which made landfall east of Yantian on Friday.
Hong Kong flights suspended
While Hong Kong airport will remain open throughout the storm, Cathay Pacific has announced a 36-hour suspension of all inbound and outbound Hong Kong flights from 6 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. Overseas airlines are also canceling inbound flights.
Cathay Pacific said in a customer advisory that flights at Hong Kong airport are expected to gradually resume through Thursday as the typhoon moves into Guangdong Province.
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Source: JOC