According to Danish shipping consulting company Sea-Intelligence, it used the congestion update data released by HMM from November 16, 2020 to December 16, 2021, to study and analyze container terminal-related congestion and terminal-related intermodal transport congestion.
The North American Terminal Congestion Index shows congestion peaking in mid-September 2021 before a brief temporary improvement in early October. However, this improvement was quickly reversed and congestion subsequently reached record sustained highs.
Although HMM data cannot fully represent all other operators in the world, as a major global operator and a member of THE Alliance, Danish analysts believe that it should reflect the entire market situation.
In terms of intermodal congestion, the situation continues to worsen in North America, while in Europe there have been recent signs of a slightly worsening situation. “As we move into the pre-Chinese New Year peak (over the next six weeks), this situation is likely to get worse before it gets better,” Murphy concluded.
44 sailings canceled in the past four weeks, 75% in the West United States
According to the latest data released by Drewry, in the next four weeks (weeks 51-2), the world’s three major shipping alliances have successively canceled multiple voyages. Among them, THE alliance has canceled the most voyages, canceling 23 voyages; 2M alliance Reached 8 sailings; Ocean Alliance canceled at least 2 sailings.
Of a total of 544 scheduled sailings on major routes such as trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic, Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean, 44 sailings were canceled between week 51 and week 2 next year, a cancellation rate of 8%.
During this period, 75% of blank sailings will occur on the eastbound trans-Pacific trade route, primarily to the U.S. West Coast, according to Drewry data for this issue.
Drewry said that as Omicron cases increase, some countries are imposing heightened quarantine restrictions on transportation workers, which could increase delays and further exacerbate the supply chain crisis.
As the peak season before the traditional Spring Festival is approaching, it is expected that there may be a price increase in January.
Frequent sailing suspensions and port hopping have resulted in a tight shortage of space and equipment. Major shipping companies have experienced overbooking and have begun to restrict the acceptance of bookings or arrange to dump cargo. Due to continuous delays and rescheduling, the reliability of shipping schedules is very low. Delays in sailing before the Spring Festival will seriously affect post-holiday shipping.
2M announces port hopping plan for routes from Asia to Northern Europe and North America
The 2M shipping alliance has decided to temporarily integrate Asia-North Europe port calls in the new year. Maersk and MSC said that starting from January, the AE1/Shogun service will no longer call the Port of Felixstowe, and the AE55/Griffin loop will no longer call Rotterdam. .
Maersk said: “As Northern Europe faces unusual waiting times and congestion, Maersk will reduce the number of Nordic port calls by consolidating calls at Felixstowe and Rotterdam between AE1 and AE55.”
The carrier said it believed “this is the best solution to mitigate a comprehensive disruption across its service network”.
AE1
Current rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Tanjung Pelepas – Felixstowe – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Port of Tangier – Salalah – Hong Kong
Revised rotation: Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Port of Tangier – Salalah – Hong Kong
AE55
Current rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Said – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Felixstowe – Rotterdam – Port Tangier – Singapore
Revised Rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Tanjong Pelepas – Felixstowe – Le Havre – Algeciras – Singapore
Adjust the first flight of the rotation:
As congestion issues at U.S. East Coast ports impact schedule reliability and cause delays, MSC has decided to consolidate calls on its Liberty and America services in Savannah and New York from mid-January to provide better schedule reliability. sex. Until further notice.
The port update rotation for the above two service routes is as follows:
Liberty service: Vung Tau – Yantian – Panama – Charleston – New York – Tanjung Pelepas
America service: Hong Kong – Nansha – Yantian – Vung Tau – Singapore – Savannah – Miami – Freeport – Tanjung Pelepas
Adjust the first flight of the rotation:
Due to congestion and shipping delays throughout the supply chain, MSC will implement the following empty sailing schedule in weeks 1 and 2 of early 2022 in response to the current challenging market conditions.
CMA CGM SHAKA2 service cancels Yantian and Hong Kong calls
CMA CGM recently issued a notice that in order to ensure service reliability during the ongoing congestion in Asia, it will adjust the rotation of SHAKA2 services until further notice.
The southbound SHAKA2 service has canceled calls at Yantian and Hong Kong, and the northbound service has canceled calls at Port Louis and Hong Kong.
Starting from m/v “MAERSK TAIKUNG” sailing 0SSAVW1MA, ETA Shanghai December 19, 2021.
The service will have the following rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Louis – Durban – Tanjung Pelepas – Shanghai.
As the Spring Festival shipping season approaches, there are many changes. Friends of foreign trade freight forwarders who have shipped goods should pay attention and communicate and follow up in time to avoid unnecessary delays.
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