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
Port congestion eased slightly last week but remains highly elevated with 8.5% of the global containership fleet waiting at anchorages at the end of last week. The main improvements were seen in Chinese ports but berthing delays persist at the main ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Qingdao where high cargo volumes and bunching of vessel arrivals continue to keep ports fully occupied in the busy period before the Chinese New Year. European port congestion continues to be elevated with significant de
Port congestion persisted over the New Year holidays especially across certain key ports in Europe and North American ports where long berthing delays remain unresolved. Congestion at European ports remain at a 2 year high with very serious delays at Antwerp, Hamburg, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Southampton in North Europe and at Ambarli, Genoa, Piraeus and Valencia in the Mediterranean. Severe weather conditions coupled with labour shortages have badly disrupted operations at these ports, with only
Global port congestion worsened over the Christmas holidays with high traffic volumes, poor weather conditions, port labour issues and capacity constraints causing a surge in berthing delays at ports in Europe, North America and certain parts of Asia. The total capacity waiting at anchorages worldwide rose to a 2 year high of 10.8% on 26 December before easing to 8.6% at the end of last week. European ports continue to witness high congestion levels with Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, London Gate
Global congestion remain elevated at 2.65m TEU currently waiting at anchorages around the world, accounting for 8.5% of the total fleet. European port congestion has continued to deteriorate of the past week, with very high berth and yard utilization keeping the vessel backlog very high across several main ports with the situation especially acute at Antwerp, Hamburg, Le Havre, Rotterdam, London Gateway, Southampton and Valencia. Overall congestion at European ports are at their highest levels s
Port congestion eased slightly last week with improvements coming mainly from Chinese ports while there was little change in the situation in Europe and North America. In China, the congestion is mainly concentrated in Shanghai and Ningbo which continues to see elevated vessel calls and container volumes with waiting times of up to 2 days. European port congestion also remains high with Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp and London Gateway experiencing very high yard occupancy rates that has caused ber