When Will Vessel Capacity Issues Be Resolved?
This has become the million dollar question that is asked by supply chain professional and customers every single day. Well, unfortunately we are not hearing very encouraging news regarding this topic. The experts all seem to agree that there will be no relief seen in 2022, and not for some time into 2023 as well.
Infrastructure problems, labor constraints, high demand and reduced capacity are being blamed for this continuing trouble in the market. The situation is also compounded by regular vessel delays, with most ships being completely over-booked and no replacement options on the next voyages.
Shippers have desperately been looking for relief since COVID-19 emerged, but industry stakeholders are saying that shippers will not see much relief coming anytime soon, and that it will not be any better into 2023, especially now with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is because this is a global problem and not only a U.S. problem. It’s hard to predict what issues are going to cause ripple effects in the future, Russia being mentioned as possible issue, along with upcoming negotiations between marine terminal operations and labor unions.
All that we logistics professionals can do is roll with the times (no pun intended) and keep coming up with creative ways to maneuver around these ever-changing challenges. We have already seen a 60% increase in the number of vessels that are on the Asia-North America EAST Coast trade lane and this will continue to grow, as the lack of space for West Coast ships continues to extend berth and container dwell times.
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