News / Congestion at Asian and European ports keeping charter rates firm

04/03/2025

UPDATED TO CHANGE ECONDB DELAYS FROM VESSEL WAITING TIMES TO CONTAINER DWELL TIMES.

Bottlenecks at Asian and European ports are delaying nearly 10% of all container shipping capacity.

This, along with the 6.5% tied up by Red Sea diversions, is supporting charter rates, even as freight prices are trending downwards.

A Linerlytica report today says: “Chinese ports are experiencing a sharp rise in vessel arrivals that has coincided with poor weather and fog closures that have led to longer berthing delays, especially in ...

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Daniel Quinney
March 04, 2025 at 1:55 pm
The dwell times on Econdb are at container level not vessel level i.e. the 6.34 day dwell for exports from Rotterdam is an average length of time a container sits on port awaiting export not how long it is taking a vessel to get a berth slot.

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