Delays still the norm with accumulated containers on-site, product backed up in factories and warehouses, says an article published in Furniture Today.
Port of Yantian operating fully
China’s largest container port returned to full operations last week. While the line of vessels waiting to berth has been eliminated, it will be a matter of weeks before supply chains utilizing Yantian International Container Terminals are back up to speed.
According to a report from American Shipper, the Port of Yantian still faces an accumulation of containers that backed up during the operational capacity impact of a coronavirus outbreak.
Clearing accumulations
Port officials believe it will take a couple of weeks to work through the accumulation of containers at the port, but Akhil Nair, vice president of global carrier management and ocean strategy for SEKO Logistics, said in a press briefing last week that it will take at least a month to clear shipments clogging factories and warehouses in the Shenzhen region.
“The backlog is physically impacting production at factories because they simply don’t have warehousing space to store finished goods that can’t ship out on time,” Nair was quoted in the American Shipper article.
“Pretty much every forwarder or logistics provider that has a facility at any major seaport is being utilized for temporary storage.”
Yantian ports run at 30% Operation post-May
Yantian began accepting vessels at all berths after running the port at 30% of normal operation since the third week of May. Resumption of normal operations at Yantian also has reduced wait times at the nearby ports of Shekou and Nansha. A lot of traffic originally destined for Yantian had shifted to those smaller ports.
Flexport double its transit this year
The report also cited executives at San Francisco-based freight forwarder Flexport, who said shipping times have more than doubled this year, with transit time for an intermodal move from Shanghai to Chicago via Southern California ports going from 35 days to 74 days.
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Source: Furniture Today
