LA/LB and Tanjung Pelepas celebrate as 2024 port 'winners and losers' revealed
**EDITED AT 14:00 BST 02/04/25 TO INCLUDE QUOTE FROM ANTWERP-BRUGES** Last year’s port throughput “winners and ...
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By Mike Wackett
Congestion at North European and Asian box terminals continues to disrupt global liner schedules, with quarantines and the side-effects of Covid vaccination blamed for further instability in the supply chain.
Labour shortages at the Benelux ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam have been attributed to the after-effects of vaccination.
Hapag-Lloyd advised customers of “limited gang availability” at PSA’s Antwerp facility and similar issues at neighbouring Rotterdam.
“ECT cannot man all available cranes due to a lack of labour, which is strongly affected by the ...
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