Tag: maritime traffic

In a recent market analysis, Sea-Intelligence highlights that after a tumultuous few weeks in the wake of the Red Sea crisis, some form of stability has ensued, with the round-Africa routings now normalising. This was also reflected in the February 2024 global schedule reliability score, which improved by 1.7 percentage points M/M to 53.3%. 

In a recent market analysis, Sea-Intelligence underscores a notable decline in both reliability and average delays over the last two months, erasing the substantial progress made since 2022 following the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent surge in container volumes.

Using data from Container Trade Statistics (CTS) region-region movement of full containers, Sea-Intelligence has been able to approximate empty container movements to see how growing trade imbalances have impacted the work needed in relation to empty container repositioning.

The Port of Hamburg, which handled a total of 114.3 million tonnes of goods last year, provides interesting insights regarding its traffic during 2023, especially about container ships. 

In a recent incident, the cement carrier Nacc Argonaut grounded in the St. Lawrence River in Ontario, Canada.

The IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL) met from March 13 to 17, 2023, to discuss the facilitation of international maritime traffic, including the arrival, stay, and departure of ships, people, and cargo from ports.

An empty container transportation center began operations at the Shanghai port on Saturday, with the aim to further strengthen the world's largest container port's handling capability, boost domestic and foreign trade, and solidify Shanghai's status as an international shipping center.

Dock workers at Germany’s North Sea ports went on strike Friday in the latest of several walkouts that have added pressures on shipping as their union demands a hefty pay rise to counter high inflation.

Since the outbreak of war in late February, the average waiting time for a Bulker at Europe’s busiest port has often been above the high end of its three year range. But over the seven week period from May 9th to June 29th, it escalated from 48 hours to 186 hours. It has since eased to 113 hours but remains very high for the time of year, VesselsValue has warned.

The war in Ukraine has prompted the European Union and other bodies to impose a number of sanctions on Russia. The extensive import of energy (crude oil, oil products, LNG, coal) is not (yet) affected by sanctions, but the export and transhipment of containers in particular suffers from the uncertainty caused by the war and the sanctions, mentions the Port of Rotterdam authority.