News / Rotterdam congestion blamed on bigger ships as more volumes cause bottlenecks

05/06/2014

Reports from Drewry and SeaIntel suggest that the schedule integrity of deepsea container vessels is at an all-time low.

The unreliability of container liner schedules is a double blow for shippers as they face severe disruption in supply chains from delayed vessel arrivals and the port ...

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Jonathan Paul Roach
June 05, 2014 at 5:10 pm
This is interesting, especially as an increasing number of Panamamax units are now trading/cascading in to north south trades.

The Panamaxes which have cascaded down in to north south trades will be increasingly challenged in obtaining a berth slots at the hub port and delays are likely as we have plenty of ULCS in the pipeline over the next three years.

Port infrastructure will take time to catch up with the growing pains of the cellular fleet.

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michael
June 24, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Good professional opinions!

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