The world's largest ports are overloaded, ships are queuing up

13.07.2024

The workload of major ports in the world has reached an 18-month high, 60% of anchored ships are located in Asia, Linerlytica reported. As of mid-June, vessels with a total capacity of more than 2.4 million TEU were parked in the parking lot. According to Drewry, the average volume of shipments, for example, in Singapore increased by 22% between January and May. The average waiting time for a container ship to dock was two to three days, the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) reported in late May, and container tracking services Linerlytica and PortCast said delays could be up to a week. (Previously, mooring took less than a day). According to Linerlytica, the load in the Malaysian ports of Klang and Tanjung Pelepas has increased. Waiting times have also increased in Chinese ports, with the longest delays observed in Shanghai and Qingdao. The Singapore Seaports Authority has reopened the old berths and shipyards to solve the problem of long waits.