Pay attention to the Asia-Europe route! The port is severely congested, and the delay of the ship schedule hits a new high, with delays as long as 41 days!
Currently, the three major shipping alliances' Asia-Northern Europe routes cannot maintain normal sailing schedules, and carriers need to add three ships to each loop to maintain weekly sailings. That's the conclusion of shipping analyst Alphaliner in its latest analysis of schedule integrity on trade routes. Large ports in northern Europe are being overwhelmed by container overload, latest data from Alphaliner shows. The agency investigated delays on many voyages to and from Northern Europe ports. According to the findings, the accumulation of containers at the terminals and a further lack of capacity for inland traffic have caused considerable delays in shipping lines between Asia and Northern Europe . Compared with February this year and November last year, delays have worsened, with ships on the Asia-Europe routes returning to China an average of 20 days later than scheduled, Alphaliner said. Alphaliner said: “ Most of the time is spent waiting for available berths outside ...