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Delay warning! South Africa's big port is congested, 100000 boxes are stranded! Blizzard delays in Europe!
Dec 08,2023
Orders soar during the peak season, which is the most exciting time for cross-border sellers, but due to the surge in orders, it is likely that there will be delays in logistics. Especially at the end of the year, some areas will be affected by ice and snow weather or port equipment failure and other factors, which also caused great obstacles to logistics and transportation.
More than 100 blocked container ships
How many ports are in South Africa?
Affected by factors such as port equipment failures,Only one port in Durban, inThe number of stranded containers 10 days ago has exceeded 70000 containers!
According to the data, as of the day, due to delays in the two major port anchorages of Durban and Cape Town and the volume of containers waiting to berth,Already far beyondThe number of 100000 containers.
The cumulative number of blocked container ships has exceeded100 one!
While Durban and Cape Town have become the world's most congested ports, they have also become nightmares for shippers and forwarders!
Recently, the South African Freight Forwarders Association (SAAFF）发布题为《Addressing Our National Logistics Crisis: A Message from SAAFF》的公开信！
The association stressed in the open letter: the logistics bottleneck (congestion) of our port has reached a critical point!This is a national logistics crisis（“National Logistics Crisis”）。
South African Freight Forwarders Association (SAAFF) also states that,Port and rail operating companiesTransnet is one of the main causes of congestion at the port.
CurrentlyTransnet are actively seeking solutions to this critical situation and have plannedIn the next three months will be The container handling capacity of Terminal 2 increased from 2500 containers/day to 4000 containers/day.
Again,The handling capacity of Pier 1 is also planned to increase from 1200 containers per day to 1500 containers per day.
in addition,Transnet also announced a moratorium on cargo handling for trucks entering its Richard Bay port.
Only trucks destined for designated vessels will be processed and cleared.Because due to the backlog, there are more100000 trucks gather near South African port.South African port officials say,Efforts are under way to address the severe congestion in the Port of Durban.
Expected backlog of ships may not be until next yearIt will be cleared in February.
Because of these massive delays,Importers are bracing for the impact of expected Christmas delays.
Transnet expect that,Vessels waiting outside the port are cleared for a period of at least7 to 15 weeks.
Blizzards in many parts of Europe cause road closures
Recently, it was reported that,Due to the impact of the blizzard weather, there has been a serious icing problem on the roads on the border of Belgium and France. The severe road icing combined with the continuous snowfall has affected many warehouses.
In addition, the Bulgarian road to Romania, in the blizzard has also been closed.
The closure of roads has extended the time for logistics,The timeliness of terminal logistics transportation in many regions has also been weakened, which will also have a certain negative impact on sellers.
In addition, with the arrival of Thanksgiving, Christmas and other big promotion nodes,The average price of air transport in Europe and the United States is a continuous upward trend, there is no sign of falling back.
AccordingFreightos to Air Index data, from the beginning of August to now,China to US Freight Rising70%, reaching about $7.18 per kilogram.
And accordingThe TAC Index provides data showing that for the week ending November 20,Baltic Air Cargo Index compared to previous7 days up 4.6 percent.
Among them, prices in mainland China rose the most, while prices outside Hong Kong rose from a week ago.11.5%。
The surge in air freight prices and the surge in single volume are coming at the same time, and the pressure on sellers is gradually increasing.
It is worth noting that the US Weather Bureau has detected a new round of severe weather is about to move from the west coast to the east coast,Snowfall could be as high6 inches.
Since then, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an early warning, sayingIf the bad weather continues, some flights on the eastern coast may be stopped.
It should be noted that,Previously, the price of Asian-American air transport rose because some airports in Alaska on the west coast were out of service.
IfDecember is also a large number of flights canceled or suspended, flight location will be more tight, thenAir freight prices are also set to rise further.
I would like to remind all freight forwarders to make adequate logistics alternatives and pay attention to the impact of cargo delays.
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