News / Capacity problems loom as transhipment boxes clog major West Med hubs

Photo: Barcelona Europe South Terminal

Fears of widespread congestion across west Mediterranean container ports may have abated for the present, but a prolonged continuation of the Red Sea crisis could place serious pressure on the region’s port capacity.

“Carriers are optimising their networks constantly, because obviously with the de facto closure of the Suez Canal, they wouldn’t let the ultra-large container ships go into a dead end all the time, as in going to the eastern part of the Med, if they can avoid that,” Xeneta ...