Efforts to speed up the movement of goods around the world have yet to solve the supply chain bottlenecks caused by surging demand for retail goods and pandemic-related lockdowns, the latest shipping data shows. Delays at major US ports have been particularly severe, but knock-on effects have also been felt around the world. This week’s Lunar New Year holiday in China and across Asia is also expected to aggravate delays. The journey time from China’s northern Dalian port to the major European port of Antwerp rose to 88 days in January from 68 days in December because of a combination of congestion and waiting time. This compared with 65 days in January 2021, analysis from logistics platform project44 showed. Transit time from Dalian to the eastern British port of Felixstowe, which has seen some of the biggest backlogs in Europe, reached 85 days in January from 81 in December, versus 65 days in January 2020.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2022.
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