The active containership fleet continues to be constrained by port congestion
and diversions to the Cape route with the number of ships in drydock also
rising. Effective capacity has remained below 26m teu since the beginning of
this year despite the addition of 1.9m teu of new capacity in the first 7 months
of this year.
Port congestion has picked up noticeably in the past week, with Shanghai and
Ningbo the most badly affected at the moment with berthing delays of up to 4
days with adverse wea