Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Shipping: "Typhoon could hit Port of Hong Kong this weekend"

Buy tape. The first rule of preparing for typhoons in Hong Kong is tape the glass.
We are talking a lot of tape.*
And because the headline story is from FreightWaves we're talking shipping:

Hong Kong may have to brace for a typhoon slamming its large container port this weekend.
A cluster of thunderstorms over the Philippines has the potential to become a typhoon during the next couple of days. This would be the second named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. The first was Typhoon Vongfong, known as Typhoon Ambo in the Philippines, which hit that island nation in May. The season runs throughout the year, but most Pacific typhoons develop from May through October.

This storm, which would be named Typhoon Nuri, will likely track over the northern Philippines on Friday, June 12, moving into southeastern China over the weekend. The projected track takes the storm close to Hong Kong on Sunday, June 14.

The potential typhoon could delay various services, from container cargo to cruises and public transportation.

Hong Kong is one of the busiest container ports in the world....
....MUCH MORE
*Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city in the world. 
That's a lot of glass:


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