In the current shipping market, shipping schedule delays and port congestion have severely impacted the global logistics supply chain and face the risk of interruption. Poor shipping schedules and low on-time rates are exacerbating port congestion.
545 container ships were delayed for more than two weeks, more than the total of the past eight years!
Statistics from Seaintelligence, a European maritime analysis agency, show that in the first half of 2021 alone, there will be 545 container ships delayed for more than two weeks, which is more than in the past eight years. sum!
In the first five months of this year, a total of 545 ships on the Pacific route were delayed for more than 14 days, while the number of similarly delayed ships from Asia to Europe reached 144.
In comparison, from 2012 to 2020, only 388 ships were delayed by more than two weeks on the Pacific route, and only 69 ships were delayed by more than two weeks on the Asia-Europe route in 8 years. .
CMA jumped to the French port of Le Havre for 3 months!
Due to severe congestion at the Port of Le Havre in France, which may lead to delays in shipping schedules, CMA CGM decided to jump to the port for up to 3 months to ensure the punctuality of shipping schedules. Months long! During this period, CMA CGM will provide transshipment services at the port of Antwerpen.
CMA CGM stated in an announcement that “For several months, Northern Europe has experienced severe congestion and low productivity, which has affected its connections with the west coast of South America and the Caribbean. The schedule punctuality of regional Eurosal services. Unfortunately, this situation is not expected to improve with the arrival of summer.”
Eurosal services will be changed from “CMA CGM JEAN GABRIEL” ship is expected to arrive in Rotterdam on July 6 and will suspend its call in Le Havre for three months.
To cover imports and exports from Le Havre, CMA CGM will provide transshipment services in Antwerp throughout the suspension period.
Europe’s two largest ports, Rotterdam and Hamburg, are severely congested, and many shipping companies have jumped to the port!
THE, the world’s third largest shipping alliance, recently announced that in view of the congestion faced by the Port of Rotterdam, its eastbound Nordic-Asia Far East Loop 4 (FE4) route will cancel the call at Europe’s largest Port Rotterdam.
The suspension plan will start from the 25th week and last until the 31st week, a time span of 7 weeks! !
2M, the world’s largest shipping alliance, has decided to extend its AE7/Condor Loop 4 port-hopping burger for another four weeks and unload cargo in Bremerhaven instead !
European barge shipping is in trouble
The deteriorating situation in European base ports has also put the barge industry in trouble.
Congestion on the inland waterways of Antwerp and Rotterdam has not only remained unchanged, but waiting times have increased again due to a surge in ultra-large container ships from Asia, one freight forwarder said.
The freight forwarder said: “Nothing can be done to improve the barge congestion situation, as it is all caused by the ongoing congestion and the large number of calls by major ocean-going ships, as is the case in Rotterdam. It is getting worse, and feeder companies are complaining about having to wait three days to get a berth.”
Last week, Contargo, the largest barge operator in the region, announced that delays in the Dutch waterway have increased from 66 hours climbed to 89 hours, with delays in Antwerp hovering at the 37-hour mark.
But the company added that delays of more than a week have been common since 2017.
China-Europe trains are unable to enter the station
Marine shipping congestion triggers dominoes As a result, China-Europe freight trains cannot escape the congestion dilemma. This backlog and congestion also occurs at European stations.
Robert Foster, business development manager for central and northern China at Norman Global Logistics, said congestion has spread to railway hubs. He said: “There are congestion issues at most major hubs. We are experiencing delays of 7-10 days in China and delays of 7-14 days at the Belarus/Poland crossing.”
It is reported that there are currently trains arriving at the Duisburg DIT terminal, one of the most important destinations in Europe, but they are no longer able to enter the terminal; some freight forwarders also said that the Duisburg D3T terminal also failed last Friday. A short-term congestion occurs.
In Europe, shipping congestion has caused ports to jump, barges are in trouble, and China-Europe trains cannot enter the station. These are basically similar results caused by the same problem in different modes of transportation. </p
