Container Ship Backlogs Affecting Ports Across Globe
Seaports around the globe are seeing container counts rise as global supply chains continue to hit major snags. The backlog at Singapore Nov. 1 was 22% above its normal capacity, with 53 container ships waiting for a place to dock,…
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Bloomberg reported. Contributing to the wait times were a COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore last week and Typhoon Kompasu outside of Hong Kong and Shenzhen just over two weeks ago. Backups were also noted in several other ports in Southeast Asia on Nov. 1, including 73 ships outside Shanghai, 15 ships at Port Klang in Malaysia and 12 ships at Tanjung Priok outside Jakarta, Indonesia. The supply chain crisis has spilled over into Europe as well, with Greece's port of Piraeus seeing 18 anchored ships, Bloomberg said.