THE shipping world must find ways to deal with an avalanche of empty containers when global supply chains get back to normal, according to Denmark's Sea Intelligence.
The delays in the supply chain during the pandemic have led to the need for additional containers to be used, said the research house, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
When the supply chain normalises, this will potentially create a pile of 3.5 million empty TEUs the transpacific alone, according to a new report.
'When the supply chains start to shorten - and eventually they will - this will release a large amount of empty containers, especially in the US. This will cause widespread congestion problems in the second half of 2022 and in 2023, in terminals as well as container depots, unless carriers and container leasing companies start planning for this development already now,' said the latest weekly report.
The resolution of the operational bottleneck problems will create a 'ripple effect', Sea-Intelligence suggested, with the potential of overwhelming the empty container depots in the US.
Conceptually, the problem is the same in Europe, as well as any other trade currently subjected to an elongated supply chain.
SeaNews Turkey
The delays in the supply chain during the pandemic have led to the need for additional containers to be used, said the research house, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
When the supply chain normalises, this will potentially create a pile of 3.5 million empty TEUs the transpacific alone, according to a new report.
'When the supply chains start to shorten - and eventually they will - this will release a large amount of empty containers, especially in the US. This will cause widespread congestion problems in the second half of 2022 and in 2023, in terminals as well as container depots, unless carriers and container leasing companies start planning for this development already now,' said the latest weekly report.
The resolution of the operational bottleneck problems will create a 'ripple effect', Sea-Intelligence suggested, with the potential of overwhelming the empty container depots in the US.
Conceptually, the problem is the same in Europe, as well as any other trade currently subjected to an elongated supply chain.
SeaNews Turkey
