Facing the risk of congestion, Guangzhou Nansha Port has been taking successive measures; some freight forwarders have even directly announced a suspension of new bookings.

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2026-01-30 17:55

A year of congestion at the dock.

All are concentrated on these few days.

Although there are still two or three weeks to go until Lunar New Year’s Eve, thanks to factories starting their holidays early, shippers and freight forwarders now have only about a week left to get their goods shipped. At this point, the situation poses a major challenge for terminals, trucking companies, freight forwarders, and shippers alike!

According to the latest information from Huijetong: Yesterday (January 28) at 11:08 p.m., the Nansha Container Terminal Phase III of Guangzhou Port issued an urgent notice announcing that... Starting from 0:00 today (January 29), Nansha Container Terminal Phase III Currently, we only accept appointment bookings for heavy export containers arriving within 5 days prior to the vessel’s estimated date of arrival (ETA-5 days). ”

For this time Sudden-attack-style notification (takes effect immediately 52 minutes after being issued) The official reason given by Guangzhou Nansha Port is “to avoid excessive stacking density in the yard, reduce road congestion and queuing, and take into account the actual production operations in the port area.”

According to feedback from multiple industry insiders, in addition to this urgent notice shortening the appointment window for heavy export containers to enter the terminal, Guangzhou Nansha Port’s Phase III had already implemented a “drastic measure” earlier.

Hui Jietong has noted that, in a warning notice issued yesterday (January 28) by the Secretariat of the Guangzhou Container Transport Association, the terminals have introduced stringent “three consecutive penalties” to severely punish cases of canceled gate-entry reservations.

According to the notice from Phase III Terminal: Starting from 00:00 on January 28, 2026, all drivers performing port operations—where one delivery and one pickup are involved—will no longer be allowed to pick up containers in a single trip. The driver will... Prohibition Three-day port operation , after being canceled twice, this driver will... Prohibition Seven-day port operation If the company accumulates three instances of container pickup cancellations, all of its vehicles will... Prohibition Seven-day port operation ，

▲ Guangzhou Nansha Port Phase III introduces “three consecutive penalties” measures.

The freight forwarder directly announced a suspension of accepting new orders.

The “three-strikes” penalty for canceling reservations, introduced by Guangzhou Nansha Port, has left the container trucking companies—already in chaos before the Lunar New Year—groaning in distress. Constantly Meanwhile, some freight forwarding companies have directly announced “ Suspend accepting warehouse receipts submitted under the new Nansha plan. ”

Nansha Port Notice: Starting from 00:00 on January 29, 2026, we will temporarily accept only appointment bookings for the entry of export heavy containers with an ETA of within five days (i.e., within five days prior to the vessel’s estimated date of arrival at the port). Due to severe overcapacity at the Guangzhou Nansha warehouse, making it difficult to pick up and return containers, we are suspending the acceptance of new warehouse delivery orders from the Nansha New Plan effective today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

A freight forwarder announced it is ceasing to accept new orders.

Given that the ETA for Nansha Port has been shortened from ETA-7 to ETA-5, and... The dock reservation is extremely tight. Please remind cargo owners to verify the exact vessel schedule before loading and to arrange the container-loading time well in advance. Avoid excessive additional costs caused by rejection—such as storage fees at off-site container yards and vehicle congestion. (Storage at off-site container yards at the terminal is not only extremely expensive but also often fully booked.)

▲ Latest Notice on Phase III of Guangzhou Nansha Port

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