What is happening in shipping these days and why?
2020 has experienced huge swings in international trade, from lockdowns to contain the COVID-19 pandemic slowing down operations across businesses in spring, to a growing container demand driven by drastic changes in consumer behaviour in the second part of 2020. As a result of the higher demand, we are now seeing less vessel capacity and availability of empty containers, especially out of China.
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Current Shipping Situation
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- What is the current situation in shipping?
- We are experiencing a challenging period for ocean freight. We are working hard ...
- What are you doing to mitigate the impact this will have on global supply chains?
- Together with Maersk, we are working hard to manage the impact of the current sh...
- When will the current shipping situation go back to normal?
- We don’t have a timeline yet due to the capacity issues changing every day – we ...
- What is happening in shipping these days and why?
- 2020 has experienced huge swings in international trade. This has caused a speci...
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- Why are we experiencing port congestion in the shipping industry?
- Vessels do not reach ports when scheduled, as they face longer waiting times to ...