Led by Qingdao Port, Asian ports are efficient! European and American port inefficiencies hinder global supply chain recovery
While shippers continue to struggle with the "hard-to-find" problem, ports and inland transportation systems are doing everything they can to speed up the flow of goods. Chinese ports have made great progress, but continued congestion in European and American ports has hindered the return of containers to Asia and the recovery of global supply chains.
According to a report jointly released by Container xChange, the world's leading logistics technology company, and Fraunhofer-CML, one of the world's leading applied research institutions, the average demurrage time of containers in China in 2021 will be 5 days, a sharp drop from the previous period. The 61 days in 2020 can really be described by the speed of China. Somewhat coincidentally, the ports of many destination countries are severely congested, and the average demurrage time of containers has also reached a new high in 2021, with the average demurrage time in the United States, United Kingdom, UAE and South Africa exceeding 50 days.
China is not the only country to see an increase in container turnover in 2021. Major global exporting countries such as Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have made great progress in this regard. According to statistics, the average warehouse detention time of containers in these countries in 2021 will be 9 days, 11 days, 16 days and 19 days respectively.
The worst performing countries in terms of average warehouse dwell time for containers in 2021 are the US and UK at 50 and 51 days respectively. This was followed by South Africa at 47 days, the United Arab Emirates at 40 days, Pakistan at 31 days and Germany at 25 days.
