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The stranded container caused the Philadelphia port to stop ship operation for three days

Time:2021-09-13 Publisher:Kevin Num:4384

At present, the situation of the global maritime supply chain is still very tense. Due to the accumulation of containers caused by port congestion, the transport capacity of many ports has been seriously affected.

Philadelphia port is an important port in North America. It announced that it would stop ship operation for three days to try its best to deal with the accumulated containers.

A large number of containers piled up in the port increased the demand for truck and train capacity, and the working hours of drivers had to be higher than normal. 

However, the limited number of chassis and carriages hinder the turnover capacity of containers.

The operators of some terminals said that due to the large number of containers piled up at the packer Avenue terminal, it would be necessary for the terminal to stop operation to clean up these containers. 

This allows more workers and equipment to be put into cleaning containers.

At the same time, the shipper is required to pick up his goods in this limited time as far as possible. The operator also said that this decision is not hasty. As far as the current situation is concerned, this is the best solution we can think of.

According to the tracking data of IHS Markit's sea web, four container ships will arrive at the packer Avenue terminal this week. 

The terminal operator said that it would negotiate with these carriers to adjust the time of receiving goods.

Like other ports in North America, the import range of Philadelphia port has also increased significantly due to the peak season before Christmas. 

The previous total import volume increased by 23% year-on-year to 242735 standard containers.

Due to the shortage of chassis and labor, containers generally stay longer in most ports in North America, including Los Angeles, Savannah and New York.

The CEO of the Georgia Port Authority said that if the shipper could not speed up the extraction of containers, Savannah port would have to slow down the unloading of ships until the stacked containers were emptied.

The executive director of Los Angeles port also said in the interview that the cargo owner had to pick up the containers stacked in the port as soon as possible, otherwise the losses would be unimaginable.

A person in charge of multimodal transport pointed out that the increasing number of containers resulted in truck and train drivers working 3 to 6 hours longer than normal, and the efficiency was nearly 50%.

The current handling capacity of the terminal is three times that of the usual container. The backlog of goods has spread inland, and the container has been detained for nearly a week.

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