News / Carrier schedule reliability 'through the floor' – no normality till Q2 22, earliest

Ocean carrier vessel arrivals from Asia are being delayed by 20 days, or more, and there is no improvement in sight.

Widespread port congestion, equipment shortages and a lack of ships will push the return of some form of ’normal’ in liner shipping back to the second half of next year, at the earliest, says one analyst.

Relief will come with additional container stock, to mitigate the impact of longer dwell times for boxes, and more importantly, the delivery of new tonnage ...