North America is blocked, Europe is blocked, and Asia is blocked.
Cargo is blocked at the dock, and cargo owners and freight forwarders are blocked.
The traditional peak season in Europe and the United States has not yet begun. However, major ports around the world have become a pot of congestion a few days ago!
Congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach in North America has returned. Vancouver and Toronto have joined the ranks of congested ports. THE Alliance even announced on the EC5 route that it will continue to jump to Halifax Port for 8 weeks, and no port calls will be scheduled before September!
Europe's second largest port Antwerp , after Rotterdam and Hamburg, has also begun to congest. At this point, all three major container ports in Europe have fallen!
Asia, 50,000 containers crowded the congested port. The major transit ports Singapore and Colombo continued to be congested, causing many shipping companies to stop accepting new bookings at Chittagong Port in Bangladesh!
Of course, there is also the port of Durban, South Africa, which was forced to suspend due to riots, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which was suddenly closed due to the assassination of the president...
▲ Global port congestion!
North America: Congestion is back, the old congestion in Los Angeles has not gone away, and new congestion is coming in Vancouver and Toronto!
Congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach, North America’s No. 1 “congested city” after the epidemic, has recently begun to worsen. The number of containers waiting in line for berthing has increased significantly, and the waiting time for berthing has returned to more than 5 days.
▲The Los Angeles Long Beach Port area is congested again!
The latest data from the Port of Los Angeles shows that after hitting a record high of more than 1 million TEUs in a single month, Los Angeles’ import cargo ships will also exceed 170,000 TEUs in a single week next week, an increase of 29.10% from the previous week. In the same period last year, it soared 78.09%.
As port congestion intensifies, the time for container ships to wait for berthing is also lengthening. The latest number of waiting container ships has reached 18, and the average waiting time has reached 5.3 days!
Of course, in addition to Los Angeles and Long Beach, where railroads are suspended due to forest fires, Vancouver and Toronto have also joined the ranks of congestion and port delays!
As of Tuesday (July 13) afternoon, Vancouver Port cargo has accumulated seriously, and there are still as many as 41 ships berthing at Canada's largest port. Maersk expects congestion at the Port of Vancouver to cause delays of at least a week.
BC wild fires continue to have rail main line operations severely constrained. CP Rail (CPR) and CN Rail (CNR) teams are on site and supporting local authorities.
Berth availability for vessels arriving at Vancouver Port terminals is delayed as a result.
As a result of the rail line closures, there is now a large backlog to work through and delays from 72 to 96 hours can be expected.
Europe: The three major ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp have all fallen
Following Rotterdam, Hamburg, Felixstowe After , Le Havre (Le Havre), Antwerp has now become the latest Nordic port to be affected by the chain reaction of congestion, with vessel berthing waiting times extended to 5 days.
Congestion has prompted the 2M Alliance to temporarily cancel the Antwerp call on the AE55/Griffin loop for six weeks!
This suspension plan will start from the 23936TEU "MSC Diletta" ship originating from China in the 28th week.
In addition, the "MSC LA SPEZIA" round of the loop will be "sponsored" from week 29 to week 30, and the revised ETA will arrive in Shanghai on August 1, 2021 to cope with the current challenging market situation. .
Maersk said: Due to "the high density of yards and particularly long waiting times for ships ", the company has decided to skip the AE55 route's call in Antwerp. MSC said landside and berth congestion in Antwerp "has impacted the reliability of shipping schedules and resulted in shipment delays".
Until then, 2M Alliance's AE6/Lion service will skip Le Havre and retain a stop in Antwerp.
▲The berthing situation of ships in the Port of Antwerp on July 15
▲The berthing situation of ships in the Port of Antwerp on July 15
▍The congestion situation in the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Hamburg has not been alleviated
The two largest ports in EuropeThe Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Hamburg Since falling into congestion, it has been abandoned by many shipping companies such as THE Alliance and 2M Alliance.
According to the latest data from shipping information website , the congestion situation in the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Hamburg has not yet been alleviated.
Rotterdam Port and Hamburg Port are still full of ships.
▲Rotterdam Port and Hamburg Port are still full of ships.
Asia: The transit port Singapore is blocked, India and Chittagong are facing paralysis!
Compared to Europe and the United States, congestion in some ports in South Asia is more deadly. However, due to the weak economic status of the ports and the countries where they are located, the congestion situation is ignored by the industry and the media!
According to the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), there are currently nearly 50,000 containers backlogged in major ports in India!
According to data provided by the Container Liner Lines Association of India (CSLA), the congestion has caused at least 55% of the container fleet to be stuck in various ports or on the water , exacerbating the container shortage in the region.
Indian ports need to release boxes to clear congestion
The Federation of India’s Export Organization (FIEO) has highlighted there is an immediate need of releasing close to 0,000 containers held up at different Indian ports.
▲Congestion Major ports are overcrowded!
It is reported that due to the container ship staying in the port for too long, high cabin and container rents were incurred, and the seller refused to pay the fees. This led to a vicious cycle of nearly 50,000 containers being held at the Indian port.
▍The Chittagong port abandoned by Hapag-Lloyd is still congested
Inland Container Depot (ICD) storage due to capacity crunch of feeder ships, congestion at regional transshipment ports and berthing delays at Chittagong port. more than 14,000 export containers.
Hapag-Lloyd expects this situation to continue until at least the end of July and has announced that it will temporarily suspend bookings for shipments from Singapore to Chittagong.
Global Dasheng Port resulted in nearly 10% of the limited shipping capacity being consumed!
10% of the world's shipping capacity has been taken out due to port congestion issues
According to Lars Jensen, founder of container consulting firm Vespucci Maritime, forecast:
Due to serious port congestion, about 10% of the world's shipping capacity has been taken out Spend time waiting for berthing.
Congested ports (marked in red) are all over the world!
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The latest global port congestion situation released by maritime data service provider eeSea shows: Recently, the proportion of berthing ships compared to waiting for berthing container ships in some major container ports around the world has hit a new high! Take Hong Kong as an example, where the proportion of container ships waiting to berth is as high as 67%. Oakland , Savannah , Seattle, and Vancouver also exceeded 65%!
▲The proportion of ships waiting to berth at major ports around the world
Unbearable, shipping companies have launched sky-high port congestion charges!
In the face of congestion, some shipping companies and shipping alliances have introduced measures to jump to ports or suspend sailings. Some shipping companies have directly stopped accepting new bookings. However, many shipping companies, including Mason and Zim, have begun to introduce port congestion charges. And the extent of the increase is jaw-dropping!
Among them, Matson Shipping announced last week that it will increase port congestion charges by US$2,000 per container for ports in the West America starting from August 5. This is already the third step of the increase in port congestion charges that started on June 10. Three ports After congestion charges are added up, the price for a 45-foot container is as high as $5,697! !
port is not the most congested, only more congested! There is no highest port congestion charge, only higher if port congestion continues to worsen.
Foreign trade export and freight forwarding logistics enterprise, do it well and cherish it!
