Port Klang and Piraeus join Ningbo and LA at the top of the congestion charts

Source: Splash247.com
Date: 15th December 2021

To familiar congestion names Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles and Long Beach, other ports such as Piraeus and Port Klang can now be added.

The global container port congestion crisis that has racked supply chains all year is shifting to new hot spots while some older problem places get back on track.

Exclusive data from Danish liner consultancy eeSea today shows the worst areas where ships are backing up as well as showing improvements at previous sore points such as Savannah on the US east coast. Along with the familiar bubbles bulging out from east China and southern California, the congestion bubble map shows growing issues mounting in the Mediterranean and along the African coastline.

Drilling into the figures, Malaysia’s Port Klang is suffering severely with 32 ships waiting for berth space, while in southern Europe the ports of Algericas and Piraeus stand out as growing congestion hotspots.

A report from shipper visibility platform last month showed that the largest increase in blank sailings in 2021 has been experienced by Port Klang. The Malaysian port recorded a 980% increase in blanked sailings in the first 10 months of the year.

In Greece, meanwhile, a 48-hour strike at Piraeus this month has rattled already troubled schedules. Recent strike action at Algericas has also increased congestion outside the southern Spanish port.

Splash reported yesterday on how there were 101 boxships anchored or loitering, waiting for space at America’s twin top gateways of Los Angeles and Long Beach, spread out across 1,000 miles of North American coastline, stretching deep into Mexico. The pan-American ship parking lot is neatly captured by the eeSea map.

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