Suppliers are scrambling for options after the container port in the Chinese city of Dalian has stopped operating, with lengthy delays reported for the unloading of Russian transport vessels carrying headed and gutted (H&G) pollock.

Five different sources said the port is closed to containers after a rise in coronavirus cases linked to a cold storage company, Dalian Yidu Group. Although Russian "tramper" transport vessels are still allowed to unload, the process is taking so long companies are looking at other options, sources said [...]