Port congestion disrupts almost half Asia-Europe sailings
Nearly half of all Asia-Europe westbound sailings have failed to depart on time as congestion ...
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By Sam Whelan
Port Klang has slammed claims it is suffering “endemic congestion”, caused by nearly two-thirds of all boxes being rolled last month.
Last week, supply chain visibility platform Project44 claimed rollover rates were rising at ports around the world and labelled Malaysia’s Port Klang as the worst performer, with 64% during April.
However, Subramaniam Karuppiah, general manager at Klang Port Authority, is reported as claiming the Project44 data was “inaccurate” and the actual rollover rate was just 12%.
And the port’s two terminal operators ...
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Satya Kasarabada
May 20, 2021 at 1:05 pmTotally agree with WestPort, NorthPort & KPI. Being one of the users, albeit small, our average transshipment days was less than 7 with hardly any rollover. Nothing abnormal in congestion either.