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Port notes
and industry updates
Practical notes on Yantian operations, customs practice and fleet changes — written by the people running the trucks.
Diesel at ¥8.60 a litre: what one container truck burns in a year
Guangdong diesel hit ¥8.60 a litre. The annual fuel bill for one port truck reaches ¥217,000 against ¥86,000 for an electric tractor on the same duty cycle — ¥130,000 a year across ten vehicles.
ReadPeak season is not a container shortage — it is a chain problem
In most peak seasons the boxes are not missing. What breaks is the chain that moves them from yard to factory to terminal. Here are the four links and what to do at each.
ReadYantian vs Shekou: choosing the right Shenzhen port
Four factors decide the port, in this order: trade lane, factory location, cut-off time and total cost. Asking only which side has cheaper trucking usually costs more elsewhere.
ReadWhen your container is inspected: 72 hours, hour by hour
An inspection is not an accident, it is a probability. What matters is who runs the process for you. A hour-by-hour account of one 40HQ to the US west coast, and the four junctions that decided the outcome.
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