外电引述货运代理和专家表示，年初浙江宁波新一轮疫情爆发后，船运公司为避免货物延误，船舶纷纷避开宁波港，转赴上海，导致上海货柜轮的起航时间表推迟约一周，延误情况可能扩散到还在消化积压货物的欧美海运港口。请看本报周五的报道。

Ships looking to avoid COVID-induced delays in China are making a beeline for Shanghai, causing growing congestion at the world’s biggest container port.

Shipping firms are making the switch to avoid delays at nearby Ningbo, which suspended some trucking services near that port after an outbreak of COVID-19, according to freight forwarders and experts. Ships are also re-routing to Xiamen in the south, shipping data showed. Those diversions are adding to the new wave of congestion facing China’s ports as an increasing number of cities deal with COVID outbreaks.

文中的“make a beeline for Shanghai” 就是指货船为了避开宁波港因疫情造成的延误，迅速掉头直往上海港的行动。 如果你 make a beeline for 某人或某物，就是说你径直的快速向某人或某物那里去，直奔过去。此短语跟蜜蜂的行为有关，指蜜蜂走的从采蜜点到蜂巢间最直路线，而且还有一点赶时间的味道。