According to a recent news article published in the Economic Times, shipping group Maersk expects cargo delays to persist.
Waiting time of 45 days
Maersk group says that the biggest waiting times for container vessels were at Long Beach Port in Los Angeles where the waiting time between 38 and 45 days.
Top container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk has warned its customers it was still struggling to move goods around the world as the easing of congestion taking longer than the Danish company had hoped for.
The pandemic has prompted shortages of container ships and logjams at ports at a time of very high consumer spending, meaning that hundreds of container vessels are lying idle outside ports.
Maersk’s timely statements
Unfortunately, 2022 has not started off as we had hoped.
The pandemic is still going strong and unfortunately, we are seeing new outbreaks impacting our ability to move your cargo.
The biggest waiting times
The biggest waiting times for container vessels to discharge or pick up cargoes were on the U.S. West Coast where the waiting time at Long Beach Port in Los Angeles currently is between 38 and 45 days, Maersk said.
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Source: Economic Times
