News / Box shortages and port congestion now an 'industry-wide challenge' across Asia

Equipment shortages in Asia will get worse over the next two weeks, say carriers, impacting both deepsea and intra-Asia trades.

Maersk has told customers the strong cargo demand out of Asia Pacific would likely continue throughout the second-quarter, but…

“Schedule reliability is impacted by two main factors: recent delays from Europe via Suez Canal; and lower port productivity, especially on transpacific and European trade routes,” the company added.

As a result, the shortage of empty containers remains an “industry-wide challenge” across Asia, said ...