A coastwise strike at US East and Gulf Coast ports now looks certain to start on 1 October 2024. The 14 ports controlled by the ILA handled 28.4m teu of containerised cargo in 2023 or almost 550,000 teu each week. For each week that the strike continues, it would hold up 1.7% of the global containership fleet, with an indefinite strike expected to affect over 4.5m teu of the fleet, accounting for 15% of the total containership capacity. Global port congestion has eased over the past week but th
Severe weather across East Asian ports last week have resulted in increased congestion at ports across China and sailing cancellations. Delays remain extensive across all main Chinese ports with waiting times at Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao and Yantian reaching up to 3 days with vessel bunching continuing to cause bottlenecks. US congestion remains concentrated on the US East Coast with berth utilization still high especially for larger ships with delays of up to 3 days reported at New York, Norfo
Global port congestion remains elevated with overall congestion remaining at a 2 year high. Berthing delays remain acute at the main Chinese ports with Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian and Qingdao experiencing delays of up to 2 days due to high vessel traffic and bunching of arrivals. Although the congestion at Southeast Asian hubs have improved, ships arriving at Singapore, Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas are still experiencing delays of 1 to 2 days. Although the planned dockworker strike in India has
There is no material increase in port congestion at North America West Coast ports over the past week despite the labour stoppage by Canadian rail workers following the lockout of over 9,000 workers on 22 August before the government called for binding arbitration with no further labour stoppages during the arbitration process paving the way for railway operations to resume on 26 August. Ships faced berthing delays at Vancouver of up to 5 days while the PNW ports of Seattle and Tacoma faced sev
Port congestion remains elevated through the past week with North Asia and South America experiencing the most severe delays. Delays at Chinese ports have remained acute, with Ningbo and Shanghai seeing especially high levels of congestion. The explosion at the port of Ningbo on 9 August on board the 6,588 teu YM MOBILITY has affected operations at the Ningbo Beilun Second Container Terminal (NBSCT) but the port remains open despite various erroneous reports on the closure of Ningbo port. NBSCT
Bangladesh port congestion continues to build up over the past week with the number of ships waiting to dock increasing sharply while port operations remains disrupted in the aftermath of the collapse of the government. Although an interim government was formed on 8 August, there has been no improvements in the port situation with more than 20 containerships currently waiting to berth at Chittagong and average delays rising to 7-10 days. Ships operated by Bangladesh’s sole local container carri
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
Global port congestion eased slightly over the past week, with Southeast Asian ports recording significant improvements especially at Singapore and Port Klang where average waiting times have dropped to less than 1 day. However, typhoons and severe weather conditions in North Asia forced many ships to take evasive action with delays of up to 4-5 days in some cases affecting particularly ports in Taiwan and Fujian, but with ramifications on vessel schedules across all main Chinese ports including
Global port congestion remains elevated after the recent improvements observed in Southeast Asia ports, with increased delays at several neighboring ports that has seen an increase in volumes as a result of the diversions away from the congestion in Singapore and Port Klang. This includes ports like Laem Chabang, Cai Mep and Kaohsiung that have seen an increase in congestion in the past month. The higher volumes and vessel bunching has also kept waiting times at Chinese ports high especially at
Global port congestion dropped slightly last week, with capacity at anchorages ending the week at 1.97m teu or 6.5% of the global fleet. The situation at Southeast Asian ports is gradually improving with waiting times at Singapore and Port Klang dropping to less than 2 days although there remains sporadic delays at these ports. Singapore has paid a heavy price for the recent congestion with its latest container throughput volumes in June dropping by 5.2% compared to May as carriers omitted calls