The ports of Sydney and Auckland in Australia were also blocked, and Maersk One service stopped calling Brisbane Port

Port congestion and huge import demand mean that shippers in Australia and New Zealand have little chance to ease freight rates.
According to Shane Walden, general manager of ANL Container Line, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, port congestion in Auckland and Sydney is causing costly delays to carriers.
"Auckland’s berthing window has actually been cancelled," he said at the Freight&Trade Alliance meeting. "In the past six months, we have seen an average delay of 8 to 12 days."
"It is difficult for our ship to turn around, and it is also extremely challenging for the ship to return to Australia on time.

In addition, in Sydney, Walden described it as a "critical point" of Australian port congestion, and ANL's two services at the Patrick Terminals have been delayed for up to 7 days.
"This is mainly due to the strike action there," he said, noting that the continuous influx of large ships into Australia has also caused difficulties for the country's port operators.
It is reported that due to the continuous interruption of the flight schedule in Oceania and terminal congestion, Maersk announced the cancellation of its Southern Star service in the port of Brisbane, Australia.
Maersk stated in its announcement: “Due to major delays and suspensions in our berthing window, we need to make additional changes to our network to reduce delays and avoid ship aggregation and damage to market capacity.”
Starting from Rio Negro's voyage 133S (departing Tanjong Perapas on August 17), it will stop calling Brisbane Port and follow the following form of rotation.

The only remaining rotating port in Australia is Sydney, which is called eastbound on the way to New Zealand. The revised rotation ports are: Tanjung Palapas, Singapore, Sydney, Tauranga, Napier, Littleton, Chalmers Port, and then return to Tanjong Palapas.
Maersk pointed out: “In view of the continued congestion and delays in New Zealand’s ports, the actual arrival and departure times on the coast of New Zealand may vary due to the suspension of berths.”
However, the company believes that this schedule adjustment will add important buffers to enable services to arrive at the hubs of Tanjong Palapas and Singapore on time. Maersk added that it will provide alternative products on its network for goods in and out of Brisbane, and Komodo and J-Star continue to connect Asia with Brisbane every week.

Strong imports put further pressure on the port, which caused further delays and tightened overall capacity supply.
Walden pointed out that exports from North Asia and Southeast Asia to Australia from January to May increased by 41% and 19% year-on-year, respectively, mainly driven by e-commerce transactions.
"This kind of strong import demand puts pressure on the terminal and its operations, and shipping companies can no longer actually maintain weekly services," he added. “For example, if a service changes from one stop per week to one every eight days, this means that by the end of the year we will deliver 45 voyages instead of 52 voyages, which means that approximately 35,000 teu will be removed from the market.”
In view of charter fees, delays and rising fuel prices, Walden said that in the foreseeable future, the cost of carriers will increase. "It is important that we can maintain freight charges to ensure that we can cover the costs and invest in the next few years. ."