Our Huayang factory carried out the first online audit of API on April 17th, 18th and 19th, for three consecutive days. We conducted a comprehensive audit from 15 aspects such as the company's quality system, quality control, measurement, analysis, and improvement. Affected by the epidemic in Shanghai, the inspector was unable to arrive at the factory for on-site audits. So the whole process of live broadcast was adopted this time. We successfully completed this audit with high quality and cooperation. This is the first audit after the third API replacement and since the API review in 2021 was changed from three-year review to one-year review .
Affected by the epidemic, due to the shortage of truck drivers and the closure of warehouses, Shanghai, which has the world's
largest container port, has been affected, and the number of waiting ships in the waters near the East China port has surged.
At least 477 cargo ships laden with raw materials such as metals, ores and grains, as well as containers, are currently stuck in East China ports waiting to enter customs.
By the mid-April, Shanghai had 222 bulk carriers waiting to enter the port, up 15 percent from a month earlier, according to previous shipping data from Bloomberg. Ningbo and Zhoushan port had 134 vessels, an increase of 0.8% from March, while congestion at the ports of Rizhao, Dongjiakou and Qingdao also increased by 33%, bringing the three ports together to 121 vessels. According to an informed source, some ships have been evacuated to the northern Tianjin port, where 54 ships were waiting outside the port on April 11, an increase of 29% within a month.
Due to different levels of congestion in major ports in China, some cargoes may be delayed due to ship congestion.
