On May 21, screenshots and news were posted on the Internet, saying that a confirmed case of the new crown was found by workers in the West Port container ship in the Yantian terminal, and the Yantian terminal has suspended the entry and exit of vehicles. All in the terminal waiting to pick up the driver's car to isolate.
The news also said that the port operation center is urgently investigating: 1. The number of vehicles in the port area; 2. The affected orders; 3. The list of drivers operating in recent days
In response to this news, the Weibo account "Yantian Release" released the official news on the evening of the 21st:
On May 21, a new case of asymptomatic infection of the new coronavirus was added in Yantian District, Shenzhen. The relevant information is as follows:
Mu Mou, male, 44 years old, lives at No. 34, Shagangwei, Beishan Road, Yantian District, and his workplace is the west operation area of Yantian Port, Shenzhen.
Mu was regularly tested for the new coronavirus nucleic acid every 7 days, and the test result was negative on May 12.
On May 20, Mu Mou’s new coronavirus nucleic acid test was initially screened positive, and was later reviewed by the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention. At present, Mu has been transferred to Shenzhen Third People's Hospital for isolation and treatment.
The 54 close contacts who have been verified so far have all been quarantined and observed, and the nucleic acid test results were all negative. Relevant places have been temporarily closed for terminal disinfection.
It is understood that Yantian Port is a modern container port. It is adjacent to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, an international financial, trade and shipping center. It is backed by the Pearl River Delta, China's largest export processing base. It is one of the developed international transit deep-water ports and an important container shipping port in South China.
As of 2018, Yantian Port has 16 large container deep-water berths with a wharf area of 3.73 million square meters, 78 shore cranes, 222 gantry cranes, 14 to 17.6 meters of shore water depth, 17.6 meters of channel water depth, and a total berth length of 7,885 meters; It consists of East, Central and West ports, of which China Port is divided into Phases 1 to 3, West Port is divided into Phases 1 to 2, and East Port has not yet been constructed.
Yantian District has now started nucleic acid testing for all employees. Among them, 610 high-risk Yantian port employees are under the closed-loop management of "two points and one line". Temporary housing will be built in the port area within two days to provide closed-loop personnel with good health care. Living Environment.
Due to the high storage yard density in the Yantian port area, the operation efficiency of the terminal is seriously affected. In order to improve the above problems and avoid traffic congestion in the surrounding society, from 00:00 on May 28th to 23:59 on May 30th, export heavy containers will not be accepted for entry; during this period, import heavy containers and empty containers will remain normal. operate. Reception of heavy containers will resume from 00:00 on May 31, and only export heavy containers with ETA-3 days (that is, within three days before the ship's expected arrival date) will be accepted. This measure will be implemented from May 31 to June 6.
The related shipping export business will be affected to a certain extent. DHL related shipping business will cooperate with the government and make adjustments as much as possible. If it is urgent, it is recommended to take DHL international air transportation.