港口拥堵加剧

Port congestion intensifies

据航运数据平台ee Sea的预测,今年8-12月,美西航线运力将比3-7月增加22%,美东航线的运力投入将增加14.4%。数据显示,最近几个月,班轮公司安排了数十艘加班船,同时增加了几条新的周班航次,以满足美国消费者不断飙升的货物需求,预计市场需求在今年年底前都将保持强劲。

Container lines are increasing capacity on the Asia-US trades by double-digit percentages,but port congestion in Asia and the US is blunting the actual capacity available to shippers,keeping upward pressure on rates.Container lines this month began upping their deployment of trans-Pacific capacity,with approximately 22 percent more capacity available to the West Coast through December than was available in March through July,according to eeSea,a platform that maps carrier schedules.Carriers are also adding approximately 14.4 percent more capacity to the East Coast through year-end,eeSea said.Carriers in recent months have announced dozens of extra-loader vessel deployments and several new weekly services to meet surging demand by US consumers that is projected to remain strong through the end of the year.US imports from Asia increased 32.4 percent in the first seven months of the year over the same period last year and 21.7 percent from pre-COVID-192019.