Too blocked!Port congestion worsens!A large number of container ships such as Maersk, MSC, and Yangm
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- Source:weiyun.com
- Release Date:2025-02-25
Congestion in the Vancouver port in Canada will worsen further in the coming weeks, as inland rail access is restricted and the continued reliability of liner ship schedules as the shipping alliance restructuring continues in February.
Hapag-Lloyd notified customers recently: "CPKC Rail and CN Rail have implemented tiered operation restrictions to cope with severe winter weather across Canada." These measures include shortening trains and reducing speeds, which have resulted in slight delays."These situations are expected to last 10-14 days, resulting in an increase in import residence time," added.
The company said the utilization rate of the GCT Delta terminal in Vancouver reached 102%, and the ships “experienced nine-day mooring delays” while the utilization rate of the DP World Centerterm terminal was 83%, with mooring delays between 4 and 9 days.
Railway restrictions have also led to an increase in residence time for imported containers. Currently, the residence time for GCT Delta is 4.1 days and the residence time for DP World centterm is 5.9 days.
Destine Ozuygur, head of forecasting and operations at liner database eeSea, further explained that while berth planners at the port are said to be expected to be busy for weeks, detailed observations of ships waiting for Vancouver’s berths show that other factors are at play.Currently, it is shown that about 25% of ships at the port are waiting for berths, she noted that some ships have been waiting for "a long time", pushing up the average waiting time of the overall berth.
The waiting vessels include: Maersk Monte Qlivia (9 days); Marcos V (9 days); MSC Utmost VII (11 days); Seaspan Falcon (7 days); YM Movement (7 days); YM Plum (6 days);YM Tranquility (10 days);YM Uniform (8 days).
It is worth noting that there is an exception to the 13100TEU "MSC Elisa XIII", which, according to eeSea's records, has been waiting for 16 days, but there is a gap in the waiting state, which may indicate that it is repositioning and suggests that the port is subject toThe impact of its liner customers.
Destine Ozuygur said: "To be fair, not all, but quite a few of these vessels have experienced severe delays and unpredictable schedules, and the berth planning team at the port and we have been working hard to determine because they are long-term latepart of the alliance service is in the process of phase-out.”
Take the 6350TEU's "Marcos V" operated by Maersk, as an example, the ship is gradually withdrawing from the 2M Trans-Pacific WCNA Loop 5 service, which was delayed by about 16 days in its previous port of call Port Prince Rupert, which means it cannot be in theVancouver is moored, and it is about 28 days behind the boat's plan.
She added: "A ship that was more than two weeks later than originally planned has been changing ETA and cannot be placed in the front of the queue immediately after receiving the notification."
Here is a reminder that the cargo owners and freight forwarders who have shipped to Canadian ports recently must pay close attention to the delays and impacts on cargo transportation to avoid unnecessary losses!Forwarding Zhou Zhi~
Hapag-Lloyd notified customers recently: "CPKC Rail and CN Rail have implemented tiered operation restrictions to cope with severe winter weather across Canada." These measures include shortening trains and reducing speeds, which have resulted in slight delays."These situations are expected to last 10-14 days, resulting in an increase in import residence time," added.
The company said the utilization rate of the GCT Delta terminal in Vancouver reached 102%, and the ships “experienced nine-day mooring delays” while the utilization rate of the DP World Centerterm terminal was 83%, with mooring delays between 4 and 9 days.
Railway restrictions have also led to an increase in residence time for imported containers. Currently, the residence time for GCT Delta is 4.1 days and the residence time for DP World centterm is 5.9 days.
Destine Ozuygur, head of forecasting and operations at liner database eeSea, further explained that while berth planners at the port are said to be expected to be busy for weeks, detailed observations of ships waiting for Vancouver’s berths show that other factors are at play.Currently, it is shown that about 25% of ships at the port are waiting for berths, she noted that some ships have been waiting for "a long time", pushing up the average waiting time of the overall berth.
The waiting vessels include: Maersk Monte Qlivia (9 days); Marcos V (9 days); MSC Utmost VII (11 days); Seaspan Falcon (7 days); YM Movement (7 days); YM Plum (6 days);YM Tranquility (10 days);YM Uniform (8 days).
It is worth noting that there is an exception to the 13100TEU "MSC Elisa XIII", which, according to eeSea's records, has been waiting for 16 days, but there is a gap in the waiting state, which may indicate that it is repositioning and suggests that the port is subject toThe impact of its liner customers.
Destine Ozuygur said: "To be fair, not all, but quite a few of these vessels have experienced severe delays and unpredictable schedules, and the berth planning team at the port and we have been working hard to determine because they are long-term latepart of the alliance service is in the process of phase-out.”
Take the 6350TEU's "Marcos V" operated by Maersk, as an example, the ship is gradually withdrawing from the 2M Trans-Pacific WCNA Loop 5 service, which was delayed by about 16 days in its previous port of call Port Prince Rupert, which means it cannot be in theVancouver is moored, and it is about 28 days behind the boat's plan.
She added: "A ship that was more than two weeks later than originally planned has been changing ETA and cannot be placed in the front of the queue immediately after receiving the notification."
Here is a reminder that the cargo owners and freight forwarders who have shipped to Canadian ports recently must pay close attention to the delays and impacts on cargo transportation to avoid unnecessary losses!Forwarding Zhou Zhi~