Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan

Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan. The disruption ran from 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022) to 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022), 3 days, affecting Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan), Ningbo, Zhoushan. The measured effect for this event has not been computed yet.

Key facts

Started: 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022)
Ended: 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022)
Status: ended
Type: Weather stoppage
Severity: 2 Moderate
Scope: regional
Chokepoints: None
Ports: Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan), Ningbo, Zhoushan
Lanes: None
Countries: China
Confidence: medium: The stoppage and storm track are consistent across Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP and NASA, but no port authority notice was retrieved and no source confirms when each terminal actually reopened.
First reported: 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022)

Severity basis: Port wide stoppages at Shanghai and Ningbo began on the evening of 2022-09-13 and were scheduled to end on 2022-09-15, which falls in the band of 24 hours to 7 days; the effect on port calls has not yet been measured.

What happened

Typhoon Muifa stopped work at the container ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan from 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022) to 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022). The Shanghai International Shipping Institute said Yangshan and other Shanghai terminals would start halting work on the evening of 2022-09-13 and stop all operations by the next morning, and Bloomberg reported that the Meishan terminal in Ningbo would close at midnight. The storm crossed Zhoushan Island on 2022-09-14 and came ashore in Shanghai at 00:30 on 2022-09-15, according to AFP citing state media. Port officials said operations at both ports were due to resume later on 2022-09-15. The storm followed Typhoon Hinnamnor, which had temporarily closed Yangshan a week earlier.

Measured effect

Port calls, Shanghai

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Port calls, Shanghai, 2022-07-05 (5 July 2022) to 2022-10-27 (27 October 2022): values ranged from 2 calls per day on 2022-09-04 to 149 calls per day on 2022-09-06, with a mean of 101.0 calls per day. The latest value, for 2022-10-27, was 121 calls per day. The shaded band marks the event window, 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-10-21 (21 October 2026).

Port calls, Shanghai (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2022-07-05	88
2022-07-06	108
2022-07-07	107
2022-07-08	105
2022-07-09	109
2022-07-10	87
2022-07-11	84
2022-07-12	108
2022-07-13	97
2022-07-14	112
2022-07-15	96
2022-07-16	100
2022-07-17	97
2022-07-18	93
2022-07-19	111
2022-07-20	107
2022-07-21	107
2022-07-22	97
2022-07-23	82
2022-07-24	83
2022-07-25	113
2022-07-26	109
2022-07-27	112
2022-07-28	95
2022-07-29	102
2022-07-30	95
2022-07-31	95
2022-08-01	123
2022-08-02	93
2022-08-03	109
2022-08-04	102
2022-08-05	104
2022-08-06	91
2022-08-07	91
2022-08-08	97
2022-08-09	95
2022-08-10	103
2022-08-11	117
2022-08-12	103
2022-08-13	105
2022-08-14	86
2022-08-15	114
2022-08-16	100
2022-08-17	106
2022-08-18	104
2022-08-19	89
2022-08-20	102
2022-08-21	101
2022-08-22	121
2022-08-23	113
2022-08-24	103
2022-08-25	101
2022-08-26	109
2022-08-27	101
2022-08-28	99
2022-08-29	121
2022-08-30	110
2022-08-31	96
2022-09-01	86
2022-09-02	79
2022-09-03	35
2022-09-04	2
2022-09-05	6
2022-09-06	149
2022-09-07	132
2022-09-08	106
2022-09-09	135
2022-09-10	114
2022-09-11	113
2022-09-12	119
2022-09-13	35
2022-09-14	2
2022-09-15	112
2022-09-16	147
2022-09-17	127
2022-09-18	92
2022-09-19	83
2022-09-20	114
2022-09-21	113
2022-09-22	112
2022-09-23	105
2022-09-24	120
2022-09-25	107
2022-09-26	116
2022-09-27	122
2022-09-28	108
2022-09-29	117
2022-09-30	121
2022-10-01	115
2022-10-02	105
2022-10-03	118
2022-10-04	81
2022-10-05	97
2022-10-06	119
2022-10-07	98
2022-10-08	95
2022-10-09	82
2022-10-10	100
2022-10-11	111
2022-10-12	112
2022-10-13	116
2022-10-14	96
2022-10-15	98
2022-10-16	111
2022-10-17	95
2022-10-18	103
2022-10-19	95
2022-10-20	105
2022-10-21	95
2022-10-22	94
2022-10-23	89
2022-10-24	104
2022-10-25	117
2022-10-26	103
2022-10-27	121

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

Container ship port calls, Shanghai (Yangshan)

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Container ship port calls, Shanghai (Yangshan), 2022-07-05 (5 July 2022) to 2022-10-27 (27 October 2022): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2022-09-04 to 19 calls per day on 2022-09-15, with a mean of 12.1 calls per day. The latest value, for 2022-10-27, was 13 calls per day. The shaded band marks the event window, 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-10-21 (21 October 2026).

Container ship port calls, Shanghai (Yangshan) (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2022-07-05	18
2022-07-06	14
2022-07-07	13
2022-07-08	10
2022-07-09	14
2022-07-10	11
2022-07-11	16
2022-07-12	10
2022-07-13	16
2022-07-14	12
2022-07-15	14
2022-07-16	12
2022-07-17	15
2022-07-18	11
2022-07-19	14
2022-07-20	14
2022-07-21	13
2022-07-22	11
2022-07-23	13
2022-07-24	14
2022-07-25	9
2022-07-26	11
2022-07-27	14
2022-07-28	10
2022-07-29	16
2022-07-30	16
2022-07-31	9
2022-08-01	9
2022-08-02	12
2022-08-03	12
2022-08-04	10
2022-08-05	13
2022-08-06	11
2022-08-07	9
2022-08-08	12
2022-08-09	13
2022-08-10	11
2022-08-11	16
2022-08-12	13
2022-08-13	7
2022-08-14	10
2022-08-15	9
2022-08-16	12
2022-08-17	15
2022-08-18	14
2022-08-19	10
2022-08-20	12
2022-08-21	11
2022-08-22	18
2022-08-23	14
2022-08-24	12
2022-08-25	14
2022-08-26	12
2022-08-27	13
2022-08-28	11
2022-08-29	11
2022-08-30	12
2022-08-31	12
2022-09-01	11
2022-09-02	14
2022-09-03	2
2022-09-04	0
2022-09-05	3
2022-09-06	18
2022-09-07	17
2022-09-08	10
2022-09-09	14
2022-09-10	14
2022-09-11	16
2022-09-12	10
2022-09-13	3
2022-09-14	0
2022-09-15	19
2022-09-16	11
2022-09-17	15
2022-09-18	16
2022-09-19	14
2022-09-20	14
2022-09-21	10
2022-09-22	11
2022-09-23	14
2022-09-24	16
2022-09-25	14
2022-09-26	17
2022-09-27	12
2022-09-28	12
2022-09-29	8
2022-09-30	13
2022-10-01	13
2022-10-02	12
2022-10-03	11
2022-10-04	13
2022-10-05	16
2022-10-06	12
2022-10-07	13
2022-10-08	12
2022-10-09	11
2022-10-10	14
2022-10-11	7
2022-10-12	8
2022-10-13	11
2022-10-14	6
2022-10-15	16
2022-10-16	10
2022-10-17	9
2022-10-18	15
2022-10-19	12
2022-10-20	11
2022-10-21	9
2022-10-22	12
2022-10-23	9
2022-10-24	13
2022-10-25	16
2022-10-26	14
2022-10-27	13

Port calls, Ningbo

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Port calls, Ningbo, 2022-07-05 (5 July 2022) to 2022-10-27 (27 October 2022): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2022-09-04 to 82 calls per day on 2022-09-06, with a mean of 53.8 calls per day. The latest value, for 2022-10-27, was 59 calls per day. The shaded band marks the event window, 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-10-21 (21 October 2026).

Port calls, Ningbo (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2022-07-05	48
2022-07-06	46
2022-07-07	68
2022-07-08	61
2022-07-09	62
2022-07-10	52
2022-07-11	55
2022-07-12	53
2022-07-13	61
2022-07-14	55
2022-07-15	68
2022-07-16	45
2022-07-17	52
2022-07-18	51
2022-07-19	60
2022-07-20	59
2022-07-21	64
2022-07-22	66
2022-07-23	56
2022-07-24	54
2022-07-25	68
2022-07-26	51
2022-07-27	52
2022-07-28	52
2022-07-29	60
2022-07-30	56
2022-07-31	43
2022-08-01	47
2022-08-02	60
2022-08-03	47
2022-08-04	61
2022-08-05	62
2022-08-06	63
2022-08-07	57
2022-08-08	52
2022-08-09	56
2022-08-10	52
2022-08-11	58
2022-08-12	49
2022-08-13	50
2022-08-14	50
2022-08-15	57
2022-08-16	64
2022-08-17	50
2022-08-18	58
2022-08-19	67
2022-08-20	55
2022-08-21	56
2022-08-22	60
2022-08-23	52
2022-08-24	55
2022-08-25	57
2022-08-26	61
2022-08-27	53
2022-08-28	46
2022-08-29	50
2022-08-30	54
2022-08-31	57
2022-09-01	50
2022-09-02	31
2022-09-03	3
2022-09-04	0
2022-09-05	10
2022-09-06	82
2022-09-07	69
2022-09-08	58
2022-09-09	66
2022-09-10	69
2022-09-11	61
2022-09-12	42
2022-09-13	0
2022-09-14	0
2022-09-15	82
2022-09-16	74
2022-09-17	66
2022-09-18	49
2022-09-19	44
2022-09-20	81
2022-09-21	59
2022-09-22	68
2022-09-23	60
2022-09-24	58
2022-09-25	55
2022-09-26	54
2022-09-27	66
2022-09-28	54
2022-09-29	53
2022-09-30	64
2022-10-01	61
2022-10-02	67
2022-10-03	60
2022-10-04	39
2022-10-05	58
2022-10-06	50
2022-10-07	48
2022-10-08	64
2022-10-09	30
2022-10-10	40
2022-10-11	61
2022-10-12	55
2022-10-13	53
2022-10-14	55
2022-10-15	50
2022-10-16	43
2022-10-17	11
2022-10-18	55
2022-10-19	61
2022-10-20	55
2022-10-21	47
2022-10-22	61
2022-10-23	58
2022-10-24	64
2022-10-25	56
2022-10-26	60
2022-10-27	59

Replay

Port calls, Shanghai, 2022-07-15 (15 July 2022) to 2022-10-13 (13 October 2022): values ranged from 2 calls per day on 2022-09-04 to 149 calls per day on 2022-09-06. The shaded band marks the event window, 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-10-21 (21 October 2026).

Port calls, Shanghai (calls per day), daily values shown in the replay.
Date	calls per day
2022-07-15	96
2022-07-16	100
2022-07-17	97
2022-07-18	93
2022-07-19	111
2022-07-20	107
2022-07-21	107
2022-07-22	97
2022-07-23	82
2022-07-24	83
2022-07-25	113
2022-07-26	109
2022-07-27	112
2022-07-28	95
2022-07-29	102
2022-07-30	95
2022-07-31	95
2022-08-01	123
2022-08-02	93
2022-08-03	109
2022-08-04	102
2022-08-05	104
2022-08-06	91
2022-08-07	91
2022-08-08	97
2022-08-09	95
2022-08-10	103
2022-08-11	117
2022-08-12	103
2022-08-13	105
2022-08-14	86
2022-08-15	114
2022-08-16	100
2022-08-17	106
2022-08-18	104
2022-08-19	89
2022-08-20	102
2022-08-21	101
2022-08-22	121
2022-08-23	113
2022-08-24	103
2022-08-25	101
2022-08-26	109
2022-08-27	101
2022-08-28	99
2022-08-29	121
2022-08-30	110
2022-08-31	96
2022-09-01	86
2022-09-02	79
2022-09-03	35
2022-09-04	2
2022-09-05	6
2022-09-06	149
2022-09-07	132
2022-09-08	106
2022-09-09	135
2022-09-10	114
2022-09-11	113
2022-09-12	119
2022-09-13	35
2022-09-14	2
2022-09-15	112
2022-09-16	147
2022-09-17	127
2022-09-18	92
2022-09-19	83
2022-09-20	114
2022-09-21	113
2022-09-22	112
2022-09-23	105
2022-09-24	120
2022-09-25	107
2022-09-26	116
2022-09-27	122
2022-09-28	108
2022-09-29	117
2022-09-30	121
2022-10-01	115
2022-10-02	105
2022-10-03	118
2022-10-04	81
2022-10-05	97
2022-10-06	119
2022-10-07	98
2022-10-08	95
2022-10-09	82
2022-10-10	100
2022-10-11	111
2022-10-12	112
2022-10-13	116

Timeline

2022-09-13Zhejiang orders ships back to port, and about 7,400 commercial vessels shelter in Zhejiang ports. Yangshan and other Shanghai terminals begin halting some work in the evening, and the Meishan terminal in Ningbo is due to close at midnight. [s1] [s2]
2022-09-14Muifa crosses Zhoushan Island and Hangzhou Bay. Operations are suspended at the ports of Ningbo and Shanghai and oil and gas work is suspended on Zhoushan. [s3]
2022-09-15The storm comes ashore in Shanghai at 00:30. Port officials say operations at Shanghai and Ningbo are scheduled to resume later in the day. [s4]

Cause

Port and shipping operations were suspended because of Typhoon Muifa, which crossed Zhoushan Island and came ashore in Shanghai on 2022-09-14 and 2022-09-15. Attributed by: NASA Earth Observatory. [s3]

Resolution

2022-09-15 (15 September 2022): Port officials said Shanghai and Ningbo would resume operations later on 2022-09-15; the sources reviewed do not give the time each terminal actually reopened. [s4]

Corrections

No corrections to this record as of 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026).

Sources

[s1] gCaptain (Reuters), Typhoon Muifa Brings Eastern China Ports to a Standstill, published 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
[s2] American Journal of Transportation (Bloomberg), Shanghai port to halt operations as it faces another typhoon, published 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
[s3] NASA Earth Observatory, Typhoon Muifa Lands Near Shanghai, published 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (official)
[s4] Business Recorder (AFP), Typhoon Muifa lashes eastern China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes, published 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)

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@misc{wfm_typhoon_muifa_shanghai_ningbo_zhoushan_2022,
  author = {{World Freight Monitor}},
  title = {Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last updated 2026-10-29},
  url = {https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/typhoon-muifa-shanghai-ningbo-zhoushan-2022/}
}

Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan

Key facts

What happened

Measured effect

Port calls, Shanghai

Container ship port calls, Shanghai (Yangshan)

Port calls, Ningbo

Replay

Timeline

Cause

Resolution

Corrections

Sources

Cite this record

Plain text

APA

BibTeX

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