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A sudden outbreak! Multiple port strikes! Transportation interruption and logistics delay! Maersk emergency warning...

Samira Samira 2025-02-17 12:03:54

Sunny Worldwide LogisticsIt is a logistics company with more than 20 years of transportation experience, focusing on markets such as Europe, America, Canada, Australia, Southeast Asia, etc., and is more than the owner of the cargo owner.

 
After the Spring Festival, due to multiple factors such as strikes, route adjustments and port facilities, a rare wave of congestion and delays occurred in many countries and important ports!
 
 
Mombasa Port is blocked!
 
 
On February 12, shipping giant Maersk issued another emergency notice, pointing out that Kenya's port of Mombasa is facing serious delays.

 

Maersk explained the reasons for the delay in the notice: In the past few weeks, the port of Mombasa has been experiencing berth congestion due to yard density exceeding expectations and equipment challenges, which directly led to ship berthing and departures. Delay.

 

Due to the challenges facing the ports at the moment, Maersk notes,The specific details of the following berths, routes and suspensions may change.

 

According to data provided by the liner database EESEA, the following ports have been severely affected: Mombasa Port, Dar es Salaam Port, Shanghai Port, Ningbo Port and Singapore Port.

 

 

The number of berthed ships at these ports is 11, 9, 59, 49 and 49 respectively; while the number of ships waiting to enter the port is 7, 20, 19, 29 and 12 respectively. This further highlights the current severe situation of port congestion.
 
 
National strike broke out in Belgium
 
 

On February 13, local time, major trade unions organized in Belgium held a national strike, which is expected to seriously affect public services such as ports, flights, buses, railways, postals, schools, and health across the country.

 

Among them, the relevant trade union organizations planned to mobilize 60,000 people to hold protests in Brussels on the same day, parading from the North Railway Station of Brussels to the South Railway Station.

 

According to Inchcape Shipping Services, a February 13 strike in Belgium is expected to result in delays in ports in the country.

 

In addition to the delays in port operations, currently,Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport have announced the cancellation of all departure flights on the same day.Cancel or adjust a large number of incoming flights, and also call on passengers not to go to the airport that day.

 

The three Belgian railway companies also plan to strike continuously from February 23 to 28, which may have a significant impact on domestic and cross-border railway passenger transport. In addition, Belgium's relevant trade union organizations plan to organize a national strike repeatedly on the 13th of each month.

 
 
Port of Rotterdam faces delays
 
 

On February 11, Maersk issued an emergency notice saying that a strike occurred at the Hutchison Port Delta II terminal in Rotterdam on Sunday (9th), and the strike caused the terminal to temporarily stop operations.

 

Maersk said the strike was related to negotiations on a new collective labor agreement.

 

Although the terminal resumed operations on February 10, it is still experiencing an uncertain period of slowing operations.

 

Maersk said the number of movements per hour at the dock will decrease due to slowing strikes and operations, with an unknown duration.

 
 
Tens of thousands of containers in Chittagong are backlogged
 
 

Congestion in Chittagong Port, Bangladesh, is intensifying following a strike wave last week, with 18 container ships waiting in line to dock, which is expected to take two weeks to clear.

 

Muntasir Rubayat, director of the Bangladesh Shipping Agency Association (BSAA), said the strike “has severely disrupted the entire operational cycle”.

 

"With Ramadan approaching, working hours are expected to be reduced, and delays may be exacerbated if not resolved in time." To ensure smooth operation before the end of Eid, customs must clear the backlog of goods within the next 15 days.

 

“All stakeholders, especially importers, berth operators/dock operators and outside the terminals, must take a proactive approach to mitigating the crisis.”

 

Officials at the port stressed that it would take "at least" two weeks to clear the container and ship backlog of the country's largest portal.

 

Worse, about 38,000 TEU of containers are currently scattered around the port yard, and due to shipping disruptions, the warehouses are also full of outbound containers.