New data from Alphaliner highlights the impact port congestion is having on the major carriers scheduled into the Northern European ports. The market research analyst firm has revealed that, over the past five months, the major carriers have skipped nearly a quarter of all scheduled calls in Northern Europe on their Far East routes.
Alphaliner’s analysts compared actual ship calls in North Europe on the 18 Far East service routes of the three mega alliances in the container shipping industry, The Alliance, 2M, and Ocean Alliance, for the 22 weeks between July 1 and December 2, 2021. The three alliances, which include all the major carriers from Maersk to MSC, Hapag, CMA CGM, ONE, and more, collectively represent more than 3,200 vessels with 20 million TEU of capacity which amounts to 80 percent of the container shipping industry.
The report focused on the 18 Far East routes of the carriers and found a total of 383 port calls in North Europe had been skipped over the past five months. The largest North Europe container ports ranging from Felixstowe in the U.K. to Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Antwerp all experienced omitted calls. Fully 40 percent of the skipped calls were at Felixstowe, which had reported extensive congestion during the fall.
Source: maritime-executive.com
