Shanghai’s Yangshan Port Halts Operations as Typhoon Strengthens

(Bloomberg) — Shanghai’s major container port of Yangshan has suspended terminal operations as Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches the coast of eastern China, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the local maritime authority.

The authority has raised its emergency response level while it readies measures against Hinnamnor, which has strengthened into a super typhoon with a maximum wind force of 52 meters per second (116 mph), according to data from the China Meteorological Administration.