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Shanghai Lockdown: End in Sight?

Shanghai Lockdown

Shanghai Lockdowns Continue For the Third Week

What was supposed to be a strategic staggered lockdown over one week has now ballooned out into an intense, nearly month-long exercise in city-wide shutdowns and daily covid testing. Up to this point, China’s 0 covid policy has been very effective, with the first officially recorded deaths coming earlier this week. All three deaths were unvaccinated seniors with preexisting medical conditions. However, many are starting to wonder if the success of these measures is worth their steep cost to citizens. Unemployment is up and consumer spending is down in the city of over 25 million, but the concern of most residents lies more so in their ability to access essential services and goods.

The Unrest

Two weeks ago we looked at the increasing complaints on social media from local residents saying that crucial supplies like food and medicine were becoming harder to get a hold of. These complaints continued over the last two weeks and began to spill out into the streets of Shanghai. There were both organized protests and unexpected clashes between residents and police over not only the lack of resources but also the forcible removal of some citizens from their rental apartments. Footage surfaced online of police forcefully removing residents from their homes in order to convert the space into a quarantine area.

Shanghai Lockdown
A screenshot form video of police in full personal protective equipment clashing with protestors in Shanghai – more on this at CNN “Hunger and Anger in Shanghai”

Protests of any kind are a rare sight in China and a sudden upcropping has brought attention from both Chinese citizens and the international press. However, even civil unrest has not made China’s leadership waver in their 0 covid stance.

End in Sight?

Over the weekend authorities in the city announced that they were targetting a goal of no community transmission outside of quarantine centers by Wednesday, April 20th. This is an aggressive target, as on Saturday there were still 722 cases of community transmission found outside quarantine areas.

Officials are also fighting an uphill battle when it comes to vaccination, with some at-risk populations registering fully vaccination rates of around two-thirds, and only around 30% of at-risk populations receiving a booster. However, officials are taking some steps to ease restrictions as they take a more targeted approach and attempt to ease the pressure off the economy. Officials have allowed some manufacturers to create bubbles in their workplaces where staff will be allowed to resume working so long as they stay o the premises, isolated from those outside of the workplace. Some auto manufacturers in the area, including Tesla and VW manufacturing partners, have opted for this plan and should be resuming production this week.

The hope for many now is that authorities will begin to ease restrictions on truckers and port workers in order to help alleviate the current backlog of ships pictured below. Hundreds of ships waiting to berth at Shanghai port and other ports in the surrounding area, some waiting since the beginning of the shut down – we posted details about this three weeks ago.

Where we go From Here

Even if the lockdown measures go well, it might not be all positive as factories ramp back up and transportation in and out of the city becomes easier. Experts are warning of the danger of an oncoming rubber band effect in areas importing from China, similar to the one that affected US west coast ports last year. Although over the next few weeks ports importing from China may have time to catch up on the previous backlog due to the lul in containers, it’s likely that the oncoming tsunami of freight that will move once the end of the lockdown will be worse than the onslaught of cargo that hit ports after restrictions lifted early last year.

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CONTAINER SPECS

General Equipment Features

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  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 20′ (6.10 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 8′ 6″ (2.59 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 19′ 4 13/64″ (5.90 M) W: 7′ 8 19/32″ (2.35 M) H: 7′ 1O 19/64″ (2.40 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 8 3/64″ (2.34 M)  H: 7′ 5 49/64″ (2.28 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  1,173 cu ft.  /  5,119 lbs.  /  38,000 lbs.
    •  33.2 cu m.  /  2,322 kg.  /  17,237 kg.
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 20′ (12.19 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 8′ 6″ (2.59 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 39′ 5 47/64″ (12.03 M) W: 7′ 8 19/32″ (2.35 M) H: 7′ 1O 11/64″ (2.39 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 8 1/8″ (2.34 M)  H: 7′ 5 49/64″ (2.28 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  2,391 cu ft.  /  8,686 lbs.  /  44,000 lbs.
    •  67.6 cu m.  /  3,940 kg.  /  19,958 kg.
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 20′ (12.19 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 9′ 6″ (2.90 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 39′ 5 21/32″ (12.03 M) W: 7′ 8 19/32″ (2.35 M) H: 8′ 1O 19/64″ (2.70 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 8 1/8″ (2.34 M)  H: 8′ 5 49/64″ (2.59 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  2,698 cu ft.  /  8,885 lbs.  /  44,000 lbs.
    •  76.4 cu m.  /  4,030 kg.  /  19,958 kg.
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 20′ (6.10 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 8′ 6″ (2.59 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 19′ 4 13/64″ (5.90 M) W: 7′ 8 19/32″ (2.35 M) H: 7′ 8 7/16″ (2.35 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 8 1/8″ (2.34 M)  H: 7′ 5 49/64″ (2.28 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  1,150 cu ft.  /  4,850 lbs.  /  38,000 lbs.
    •  32.5 cu m.  /  2,200 kg.  /  17,237 kg.
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 40′ (12.19 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 8′ 6″ (2.59 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 39′ 5 5/8″ (12.03 M) W: 7′ 8 19/32″ (2.35 M) H: 7′ 9 3/16″ (2.37 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 8 3/64″ (2.34 M)  H: 7′ 5 41/64″ (2.28 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  2,363 cu ft.  /  9,150 lbs.  /  44,000 lbs.
    •  56.9 cu m.  /  4,150 kg.  /  19,958 kg.
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 40′ (12.19 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 9′ 6″ (2.90 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 38′ 9/64″ (11.59 M) W: 7′ 6 5/32″ (2.29 M) H: 8′ 4 13/64″ (2.55 M)
  • DOOR OPENING:
    •  W: 7′ 6 5/32″ (2.29 M)  H: 8′ 4 13/64″ (2.56 M)
  • PAYLOAD / TARE / CARGO:
    •  2,386 cu ft.  /  12,690 lbs.  /  41,000 lbs.
    •  67.5 cu m.  /  5,756 kg.  /  18,598 kg.
  • TRI-AXLE:
    •  LENGTH CLOSED: 23′ 6″  LENGTH OPEN: 28′ 6″  WIDTH: 95″ – 102″
    •  TARE WEIGHT: 8,680 – 8940
    •  MAX CARGO WT: 44,000 lbs.
  • SUPERSLIDER
    •  LENGTH CLOSED: 28′  LENGTH OPEN: 38′  WIDTH: 96′
    •  TARE WEIGHT: 9,300
    •  MAX CARGO WT.: 47,500 lbs
  • EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  L: 40′ (12.19 M) W: 8′ (2.44 M) H: 9′ 6″ (2.90 M)
  • INTERNAL DIMENSIONS:
    •  LENGTH BETWEEN HEADBOARDS: 38′ 9″ (11.82 M)
    •  LENGTH BETWEEN CORNER POSTS: 38′ 4″ (11.64 M)
    •  WIDTH OVERALL DECK: 7′ 9″ (2.37 M)
    •  HEIGHT: 7′ 5 9/64″ (2.26 M)
  • PAYLOAD – TARE / CARGO:
    •  9,921 lbs.  /  44,000 lbs.
    •  4,500 kg.  /  19,958 kg.

FLATBED TRAILER SPECS

LegalFlatbedTrailer

Legal Flatbed Trailer

Max Freight Weight: 45,000 – 48,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions:
Length: 48 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 8.5 ft (102″)

LegalStepDeckTrailer

Legal Step Deck Trailer - Single Drop

Max Freight Weight: 40,000 – 42,500 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions:
Lower Deck Length: 37 ft / Top Deck Length: 11 ft
Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 8.5 ft (102″) lower deck

DoubleDropTrailer

Double Drop Trailer - Low Boy

Max Freight Weight: 38,000 – 40,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions (Main Deck):
Length: 28 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 11.5 ft (138″)

 

DetachableGooseneckTrailer

Detachable Goose Neck Trailer

Max Freight Weight: 38,000 – 40,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions (Main Deck):
Length: 28 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 11.5 ft (138″)

 

StretchFlatbedTrailer

Double Drop Trailer - Low Boy

Max Freight Weight: 45,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions (Main Deck):
Length: 45-80 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 8.5 ft (102″)

 

StretchSingleDropTrailer

Stretch Single-Drop Deck Trailer

Max Freight Weight: 43,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions (Front Deck):
Length: 10 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 8.5 ft (102″)

Max Freight Dimensions (Main Deck):
Length: 38-36 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 10 ft (120″)

 

StretchDoubleDropDeck

Stretch Double-Drop Trailer (2-3 Axles)

Max Freight Weight: 40,000 lbs

Max Freight Dimensions (Front Deck):
Length: 10 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 8.5 ft (102″)

Max Freight Dimensions (Main Deck):
Length: 29-50 ft / Width: 8.5 ft (102″) / Height: 11.5 ft (138″)

 

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