Sea-Intelligence estimates 8.5 percent of the global containership fleet, roughly 3 million TEUs, is currently absorbed by delays across Asia, warning the disruption could take seven to 10 months to unwind based on post-pandemic and Red Sea crisis recovery patterns. Repeated typhoons have driven the bottlenecks, pushing intra-Asia freight rates to record levels, with Shanghai-Laem Chabang up 22 percent and Shanghai-Jakarta up 12 percent. Asia-North Europe deployment around Golden Week reached 1.5 million TEUs, 27 percent higher year-on-year, partly reflecting vessel bunching from congestion rather than added capacity.

Original Article from Splash247 | Written by Sam Chambers

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