Port Congestion

gCaptain’s full coverage of global port congestion since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Friday, September 17, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Ships and shipping containers are pictured at the port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Shipping

Maersk Gives Bleak Operations Update Amid Unprecedented Supply Chain Chaos

A.P. Moller-Maersk has painted a bleak picture of global supply chains in an operations update published Friday. The update comes as supply chains are under

September 17, 2021
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port of los angeles and long beach
Shipping

Los Angeles Port Logjam Has Enough Containers to Cross Half the U.S.

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) The number of container ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia reached an all-time high of 65

September 17, 2021
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
maersk ship
Shipping

Maersk CEO Sees No Sign of Freight Market Easing This Year

COPENHAGEN, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk sees no indication that the current red-hot shipping market will lose steam

September 16, 2021
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port of los angeles
Ports

Import Surge Continued at Port of Los Angeles in August

Another gangbuster month on the books for the Port of Los Angeles. The United States’ top port for freight from Asia reported handling 954,377 TEUs in

September 16, 2021
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
New Records Set Daily for Number of Ships at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports
Ports

New Records Set Daily for Number of Ships at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports

New records are being set daily at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Port Complex as ships filled to the brim with cargo continue to pour into U.S. ports amid the

September 14, 2021
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Friday, September 10, 2021
port of los angeles and long beach
Ports

Record Number of Ships at Southern California Ports

Southern California ports set new records Friday for the number of vessels in port as the pandemic-driven import boom that continues to pressure ports from

September 10, 2021
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Pandemic-Fueled Supply Chain Disruptions Hit Retail Imports Growth
Ports

Pandemic-Fueled Supply Chain Disruptions Hit Retail Imports Growth

Growth of retail imports through the nation’s top container ports is slowing amid global pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, with double-digit

September 10, 2021
Total Views: 624

CMA CGM mega-ship Marco Polo
Ports

Congestion Just Keeps Getting Worse At America’s Top Ports

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) –The number of container ships waiting to enter America’s top three ports has been on a steady rise since July. There were

September 10, 2021
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
containership
Shipping

More Logistics Players Guarantee Space by Chartering Their Own Box Ships

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Entrepreneurial logistics players are turning away from the highly congested transpacific market to cash in on the

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 1581

Sunday, September 5, 2021
Marco Polo Container-ship lighthouse
Ports

America’s Fourth-Largest Container Port Sees Surge In Congestion Spillover

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) The number of container ships waiting off the Georgia container port of Savannah increased to 23 on Tuesday, 11 more than the

September 5, 2021
Total Views: 6780

Saturday, August 28, 2021
port of los angeles and long beach
Ports

Record Volumes And Difficulties For Container Ports On U.S. Coasts

By Brendan Murray(Bloomberg) –The number of ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia reached the highest since the

August 28, 2021
Total Views: 4177

Thursday, August 26, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

A Week at Least for World’s Third-Busiest Port to Return to Normal

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Operations at China’s Meishan terminal in the world’s third-busiest container port will take at least a week to

August 26, 2021
Total Views: 1030

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
port in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Ports

China Reopens Terminal at World’s Third-Busiest Port

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The Meishan terminal at China’s second-busiest port reopened Wednesday following a two-week shutdown that further

August 25, 2021
Total Views: 817

Monday, August 23, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

China Export Volume Falls Amid Port Congestion

By Bloomberg News – (Bloomberg) The volume of China’s exports are expected to fall in August from the previous month due to renewed container shipping

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 689

Thursday, August 19, 2021
Walmart Dips Into Vessel Charter Market to Ease Supply Chain Difficulties
Shipping

Walmart Dips Into Vessel Charter Market to Ease Supply Chain Difficulties

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – One of the world’s largest shippers, Walmart in the US, says it has chartered vessels to meet demand for

August 19, 2021
Total Views: 2576

Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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Ports

Port Congestion Double-Whammy Sinks Carriers’ Hopes of Schedule Recovery

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Alliance networks operating between Asia and North Europe are experiencing delays of up to a month due to worsening

August 18, 2021
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

China Port Congestion Worsens as Ningbo Shuts for Seventh Day

By Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — The partial closure of the world’s third-busiest container port is worsening congestion at other major

August 17, 2021
Total Views: 2274

Containership Bottleneck Off Southern California Ports Approaches February Record
Ports

Containership Bottleneck Off Southern California Ports Approaches February Record

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The biggest U.S. trade gateway with Asia is clogged with the most inbound container vessels in more than six months,

August 17, 2021
Total Views: 7856

Longshoremen China
Ports

China’s Zero Tolerance To COVID-19 Is Choking Supply Lines

by Muyu Xu (Reuters) Several Chinese ports are facing congestion as vessels due to call at Ningbo are being diverted and cargo processing is slowed partly due

August 17, 2021
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Monday, August 16, 2021
yantian port
Ports

Global Port Congestion Building as Ningbo Terminal Remains Shut for Sixth Day

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Today, AIS data from VesselsValue shows around 50 containerships at anchor near Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, where

August 16, 2021
Total Views: 1209