yard full! Europe's largest port is in a hurry, a large backlog of empty containers is difficult to return to China.

since the outbreak of the epidemic, the long queues of ships waiting for berths outside the two major ports on the west coast of North America, Los Angeles and Long Beach, have been a major disaster for the global shipping crisis, and today, the congestion experienced by major European ports seems to have been no less.

as the backlog of undelivered goods at the port of Rotterdam is increasing, forcing shipping companies to give priority to shipping containers full of goods, empty containers, vital to Asian exporters, are being stranded in Europe's largest export hub.

, said on Monday that yard density in the port of Rotterdam has been very high in the past few months due to the non-punctual schedule of ocean-going vessels and the extended residence time of import containers. This situation has led to terminals having to divert empty containers to depots in some cases to reduce congestion at the yard.

due to the severe outbreak in Asia in the past few months, many shipping companies had previously reduced the number of ships traveling from mainland Europe to Asia, and empty containers and containers waiting for export in major ports in Northern Europe had piled up.

one of the largest freight forwarding companies in Europe(Kuehne + Nagel International AG)said that most of the ships currently leaving the port will only carry a limited number of empty containers, leaving more space for fully loaded containers. Empty containers are piling up at the docks, and more and more containers are coming and going, including a large number of containers that should have been shipped back to Asia.

, many logistics companies said that although the current situation in China has improved significantly, due to ship shortages and delays in European ports, European exports have to compete with empty containers destined for China, which may cause further disruption to Asia-Europe routes.

they say factories in china will need a large number of empty containers to make up for delayed or unfilled orders in the past few months, which are being hampered by a shortage of ships and containers. AccordingFourKitesdata, the volume of truck container freight entering Shanghai from China's neighboring provinces has now returned to the level before the current outbreak.71%.

While rail transport used to share the congestion pressure faced by ports, the recent outbreak of epidemics and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have also led many companies to avoid land transport. At the same time, the recent strike movement at major European ports has also exacerbated the difficulties faced by local port logistics.

shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd(Hapag-Lloyd)said earlier this month that the Rotterdam portal had been hit by increased container hold-up times and the accumulation of embargoes on Russian cargo from different carriers.(RWG)yard density has "deteriorated"95%, this is mainly due to the long detention time of transshipment and imported goods.

Maersk has also recently warned that its service network"came under severe pressure," which the company blamed on the "disruption of European port operations". Maersk said, "our ships in northern Europe suffered serious delays, which affected the return to the Asia-Pacific schedule."

Dexun International said the situation meant there would be longer waiting times for vessels at all major Nordic ports. This year4,5month, about60%ships suffered delays, and as6month17day, outside the port of Rotterdam13ships are waiting for berth.

the port of Rotterdam said,"Unfortunately, in the current congestion situation in Nordic ports, this is becoming a recurring phenomenon."

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