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Special Report: Summer Typhoons Send Shockwaves Through October 

Four typhoons in seven weeks overwhelmed China's gateways faster than they could recover. A full week of clear skies in late August changed nothing — 1.1m TEU was still waiting off Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan and Yantian, and the pre-Golden Week export surge is about to land on top of it.

Shippers should buffer against the forecast, not the last quiet week.

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The backlog never got a chance to clear. Golden Week won't clear it either.

Berth-arrival delay at China's three largest gateways is still running 1.6x above June levels, with 3.25m TEU arriving more than 10 days late across the disruption window. Vessel wait times fell during the last storm closure while berth delay hit its seasonal peak — proof the two metrics don't move together, and a single carrier advisory quoting one can hide the other.

Xeneta's latest typhoon report tracks how four storms compounded congestion at Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Yantian and Singapore, and turns the data into a planning playbook ahead of the pre-holiday rush.

What's inside:

  1. How four typhoons in seven weeks (Bavi, Noul, Dolphin, Saudel) landed too close together for the backlog to recover between them
  2. Port-by-port congestion and berth-stay data across Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Yantian and Singapore, benchmarked against a peer average
  3. The reliability hit to Far East–Europe and Far East–North America trades, including the widening on-time performance gap
  4. How much capacity is still stranded at anchor, and the scale of severely delayed capacity across the typhoon period
  5. Three changes to make before Q4: buffering for the pre-Golden Week surge, tracking congestion and delay as separate signals, and why October won't self-correct

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The storms have passed. The backlog hasn't.

Audit which gateways are still holding stranded capacity before you commit Q4 volumes. Size your buffer against Xeneta's forecast, not last week's calm weather. Build your pre-holiday plan around which ports are absorbing disruption and which are cancelling it away.

Xeneta closes the gap between what a quiet week looks like and what's still queued behind it.

Access the latest typhoon impact report for free (form above). Alternatively, if you need tailored insight into which gateways to plan around this quarter, our Advisory team can help — analysis built around your contracts, carriers, and procurement timeline.

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