Chinese ports began suspending operations and urging ships to head for open water ahead of Typhoon Dolphin, with landfall on the coast not expected until late Sunday or early Monday.

Ship fueling was suspended at China’s largest maritime operations, more than 160 ferry routes were halted, fishing boats were ordered to evacuate and vessels were barred from the Yangtze River and its delta. The Zhoushan and Ningbo port complex outside Shanghai reportedly stopped operations, with ships urged to move southward. China’s National Meteorological Center forecast winds of 107 mph near the center and pressure falling to 940 hectopascals, with the storm crawling forward at just 9 mph.

The timing is awkward. Shanghai International Port Group had just handled a record 203,881 TEU on August 1, nearly 9 percent above its early-June record. Ningbo-Zhoushan moved more than 43 million TEU in 2025. Even a few days of closure is expected to build backlogs that cascade through the global supply chain.

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