Port congestion remains elevated across all main regions, with only a minor drop over the past week due mainly to improvements in some North Asia ports. Congestion at North and Central China ports remain elevated, with weather related work stoppages across key ports continuing to keep the queue of vessels waiting at anchorages high at Shanghai/Ningbo and Bohai ports. Fog closures and the bunching of vessel arrivals kept North Asia at the top of the congestion hotspot chart, with European ports f
The port congestion situation in Europe has escalated further, with total capacity waiting at North European and Mediterranean anchorages surging to over 935,000 teu last week, accounting for 32% of the 2.92m total capacity waiting at ports globally. Ports in Gibraltar and Iberia were hit by poor weather last week, with Algeciras and Tanger amongst the ports that were affected. Valencia, Barcelona and Piraeus also experienced increased delays as Med congestion continues to surge. In North Europ
Global port congestion continues to show no improvements with several main Chinese ports experiencing severe delays, particularly in Ningbo, Shanghai and Qingdao where waiting times have increased to up to 5 days. The total number of ships waiting at anchorages n North Asia averaged over 1m teu last week due to both weather-related delays as well as high vessel traffic. These delays will also impact ports further downstream especially around Southeast Asia where congestion has also been rising.
Europe has become the new congestion hotspot, with severe delays across several key ports in North Europe and the Med area. Labour issues have spread to Germany with Hamburg the latest port to be affected, after strikes have already affected port operations in Rotterdam, Le Havre and Spain. Vessel berthing lineups are full at all main ports until the end of March, with no improvements to the congestion situation in the next few weeks. Congestion in North Asia have eased at Chinese ports after t
Congestion edged up slightly in the past week, with European port congestion remaining very severe. All North Europe main ports have reported very high yard utilization, which has been exacerbated by labour disputes in Rotterdam and Le Havre. Vessel waiting times remained elevated at up to 5 days with congestion most serious in Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton and Hamburg which are affecting mother vessel and feeder schedules. Some terminals have applied emergency measures to cease cargo acceptan
Congestion in North Europe ports have come under the spotlight with a national strike in Belgium on 13 February adding to the labour dispute at ECT Rotterdam that remains unresolved while protests against pension reform in France have worsened the delays at Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre respectively with vessels facing berthing delays of up to 5 days. UK ports continue to battle congestion with Felixstore also facing delays of up to 5 days while London Gateway and Southampton have seen delays
The reduction in cargo volumes in North Asia after the Chinese New Year holidays has helped to ease the congestion at Chinese and Korean ports with the total vessel capacity waiting at anchorages in North Asia falling by over 50% from its recent peak in January. With 30% to 60% of the regular capacity departing from Chinese ports blanked in the last 2 weeks, vessel activity has slowed down considerably, allowing ports to recover from the recent high volumes. Early flash reports suggest January
Global port congestion eased last week as activity at ports across Far East Asia slowed down due to the Chinese New Year holidays. There is little disruptions reported so far for the transition to the new Alliance networks that started from 1 February that will affect 6 out of the Top 10 carriers. However, as a large number of blanked sailings have been planned for the first 2 weeks of February, the full impact of the transition will only be apparent from mid-February. Congestion at North Europ
Severe weather conditions and high pre-Lunar New Year cargo volumes have driven port congestion to a new 3 month high. A surge in the number of ships waiting at anchorages across Asia, Europe and North America has pushed the total capacity affected by port congestion globally to 3.3m teu or 10.5% of the fleet. Chinese ports are extremely congested in the run up to the holidays next week, with both the Yangtze River ports and Pearl River delta ports recording a significant surge in gate and bert
Port congestion continues to hold up 8.5% of the global fleet at the end of last week, with European and Southeast Asian ports experiencing worsening delays ahead of the new alliance reshuffle that will take place in early February. Very high yard utilization is reported across all main European ports, with Rotterdam under particular scrutiny as the ECT labour dispute threatens to spiral into strikes although no confirmed dates have been announced. Although market attention has shifted to the e