Asia-North America has recently suspended 67 voyages, and the schedule has been seriously delayed! 2M adjusted 10 trans-Pacific voyages, involving multiple domestic ports!
Jim
Sunny Worldwide Logistics
2021-04-25 17:33:59
Recently, news of logistics delays caused by congestion in North American ports and excessive waiting time for container ships has emerged one after another. Shipping companies have made adjustments under the condition of insufficient capacity and unable to meet all needs, hoping to reduce the impact on the logistics market. On April 22, Maersk issued an announcement stating that due to continued congestion at North American ports, the schedule of its trans-Pacific route was severely delayed. In addition, congestion in Asian ports, bad weather and congestion on the Suez Canal have exacerbated this situation. This directly leads to an increase in ship turnaround time by 2 to 3 weeks compared to the normal situation, making the interval between some voyages departing from Asia more than 7 days.
In the announcement, Maersk announced the adjusted voyages, including related voyages on 10 trans-Pacific routes, involving ports such as Qingdao, Ningbo, Yantian, Nansha, Xiamen, and Hong Kong. The voyage adjustment will be implemented from May. However, trans-Pacific routes such as TP6, TP10, and TP88 will not be affected by this adjustment for the time being. The specific adjustments are as follows:
Maersk further stated that it has deployed additional capacity to reduce the adverse impact, but due to insufficient available capacity, it is still unable to meet all needs. The company emphasized that it is currently actively deploying all ships in the fleet and ships that can be chartered to meet market challenges. The 2M alliance partner Mediterranean Shipping also added that the current market challenges have affected port operations, leading to increased port congestion and shipping delays, so the following routes have been adjusted. In addition, Amberjack, Pelican and Pearl services will not be affected.
In view of this, the 2M Alliance decided to adjust the related voyages of 10 trans-Pacific routes, involving Qingdao, Ningbo, Yantian, Nansha, Xiamen, Hong Kong and other Chinese ports, starting from May this year.
According to the data summarized by easy shipping schedule, as of April 22, 2021, April-May 2021 (that is, the first port will depart from the 14th to 22nd week in total 9 weeks), there are a total of 92 voyages suspended from Asia to North America/Europe. , Including: 48 voyages to the West of the United States, 19 voyages to the East of the United States, 15 voyages to Northern Europe, and 10 voyages to the Mediterranean. From the perspective of the alliance, the THE alliance has suspended 47 voyages, the Ocean Alliance has 21 voyages, the 2M Alliance has 16 voyages, and other independent routes have 8 voyages.
Among them, the information on the Port of Los Angeles in North America website shows that the congestion in the port has not been eased. A week ago, truck drivers in Los Angeles and Long Beach, represented by the Teamsters union, took strike action. The average time of anchoring ships in the port is 8 days, and the current is 7.7 day.
