Bottlenecks of Northern Europe to worsen supply chain congestion due to an increase in blank sailings

At present, ships that are deployed to China are making 20 days-late calls, which is causing blank sailings.
At present, ships deployed to China are making 20 days-late calls, which is caused blank sailings to grow by 17 days in February, highlighting a shortage of vessel availability.
In the H1 of May, the average delay for all 12 OCEAN Alliance ships who were docking in Central China reached 17 days compared to last February’s 15 days and 9 days in November 2021.
Evergreen experienced the biggest increase in delay, the 23,992 TEU vessel Ever Ace, is 36 days late when it was deployed between the Port of Rotterdam and Hamburg.
The Maersk and MSC also saw an increase in waiting times in Europe as their average voyage delays grew from 15 days last November and February to 19 days.

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