Asian box port congestion could take 10 months to unwind

Asia’s Port Congestion Could Take 10 Months to Clear

With millions of TEUs tied up in congestion, record Chinese container throughput and Golden Week sailing cancellations threaten to extend shipping disruptions well into 2027.

Asia port congestion could bleed into 2027: analysts

Stress on the global shipping systems has been building since the summer, thanks to earlier peak seasons on Asia trades to North America, Latin America and Europe.

Delays mount as port disruption in Asia ties up 3m teu of box capacity

A surge in vessel delays, driven by typhoons and port disruption in Asia, has left 8.5% of the global container fleet effectively unavailable. New analysis from Sea-Intelligence suggests this equates to some 3m teu of vessel capacity – a fleet roughly equivalent in size to that of the world’s fifth-largest carrier. Schedule reliability fell to just below 50% in August, following an already sharp deterioration in July.  Sea-Intelligence said reli…

Asian box port congestion could take 10 months to unwind

Asia’s container congestion problem is increasingly looking less like a temporary weather event and more like a supply-chain headache that could persist well into 2027, with regional freight rates already hitting record levels. Sea-Intelligence calculates that 8.5% of the global containership fleet is currently absorbed by delays, equivalent to roughly 3m teu of capacity