News / Global container port capacity will struggle to catch up with rising demand

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The bleak outlook of significantly lower throughput levels for container hub ports at the outset of the pandemic has, 18 months later, transformed into an acute capacity shortage at many terminals around the world.

Ocean carriers have to juggle their networks to navigate around highly congested container ports, especially in North Europe and on the US west coast, resulting in an escalation of supply chain uncertainty.

In today’s HMM terminal status update, the South Korean carrier reports serious delays and congestion for ...