{"id":17601,"date":"2021-01-29T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.miq.com\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2021-01-29T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:02:10","slug":"u-s-port-congestion-fuels-cancelled-sailings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noatumlogistics.com\/us\/u-s-port-congestion-fuels-cancelled-sailings\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. PORT CONGESTION FUELS CANCELLED SAILINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noatum Logistics has received notifications from two of our core ocean carriers, one within THE Alliance and the other a partner in the Ocean Alliance, announcing 28 voided sailings between February 5 and February 26. A full table of all blank sailings announced as of this week is provided at the bottom of the alert. These blank sailings are due to ongoing schedule delays driven by the continuous global terminal congestion related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to understand that these blank sailings are not in reaction to weak cargo volumes or the pending Lunar New Year holiday but are in fact due to vessel bunching up at congested ports.<\/p>\n

Schedule delays and port congestion are not uncommon during peak shipping periods and carriers would normally put an ad hoc or extra loader vessel into service to get their schedule back on track.\u00a0Unfortunately, that is not possible in the current environment. Currently, the ocean carriers have their fleets fully deployed. There is not enough idle ship capacity that can be pulled into service to address the delays.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, January 27, there were 41 vessels at anchor waiting in the San Pedro Bay that service the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex and another 30 at berths. Compounding the issue is the COVID-19 situation amongst dockworkers. Positive COVID-19 cases are on the rise with purportedly just over 800 positive cases as of Monday, January 25, up 16% from the week prior leading to labor shortages.<\/p>\n

As we close out the January calendar, the majority of vessel capacity sailing prior to the Lunar New Year holiday, February 12, is fully booked and allocated. Shippers are booking vessel space sailing post the Lunar New Year break, but the reality is that although bookings may be confirmed, the vessels will not be returning as scheduled and ETAs will continue to slide to later in the month.<\/p>\n

Terminal Operations Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0U.S. West Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n