Investigaciones de Panjiva

Norfolk Southern’s Chicago delays could cause challenges for Deere, Ikea

April 7, 2021

A backlog at Norfolk Southern’s Chicago railyard is reportedly causing shipping delays at U.S. east coast ports. Average daily railcar counts at Norfolk Southern’s Calumet Yard in Chicago increased 19.7% sequentially in the four weeks to March 31 versus a 3.8% decline for all yards in the city... Read more →

Panjiva Insights: The future of big boats, digitization and state-funded reshoring

April 6, 2021

Panjiva Research took part in the Atlantic Council’s “Trade Disrupted” event on March 31. This report covers questions answered with supplemental data points. The blockage of the Suez Canal caused delays of at least a week and potentially months for: Asian consumer goods headed to Europe; oil ... Read more →

Contracting for shipping, shipping not contracting – S&P Global Platts container update, March 2021

April 6, 2021

The global container freight market continued to face imbalances in March after an unseasonal demand cycle which saw container throughput at Chinese ports climb 37.9% year over year in February and U.S. seaborne imports per day increase 13.0% higher than the prior three months’ average in Marc... Read more →

Q2 2021 Outlook: Words become actions, threats going nowhere

March 31, 2021

The seeds of the challenges faced by global supply chains in Q1’21 were sown in the second half of 2020 and are unlikely to unwind before the end of Q2’21. Global trade activity remains robust, with exports from 17 countries that have reported data for February showing growth of 6.2% excluding... Read more →

Size isn’t everything as ports struggle with container vessel expansion

March 30, 2021

Recent disruptions to logistics networks, including the Suez Canal blockage, losses of containers at sea and port congestion often feature the newest and largest container ships. There’s been a rapid increase in the use of very, and ultra large container ships (VLCS, capacity over 10,000 TEUs)... Read more →

Maersk considers the canal ahead for just-in-time supply chains

March 29, 2021

Disruptions caused to shipping operations through the Suez Canal as a result of the grounding of the Ever Given could take weeks to resolve and propagate through supply chains for months. Maersk’s CEO, Soren Skou, has stated the “incident will make people think more about their supply chains” ... Read more →

Suez blockage removed, supply chain effects could last for months

March 29, 2021

The Ever Given, which has blocked the Suez Canal since March 23, has been partially refloated. After tests and transit to the Great Bitter Lake the canal should be able to reopen. Estimates of the time taken to clear the backlog of around 370 vessels vary with Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk indicating... Read more →

Ground, wind and fire – the perils of global supply chains

March 24, 2021

Evergreen Marine’s container vessel Ever Given has run aground in the Suez Canal, blocking the flow of around 50 vessels per day through the canal. Around half the tonnage crossing the Suez Canal in 2019 was container shipping. One challenge is that container vessels have become steadily large... Read more →

Shipbuilding rides rising tide on container demand, emissions needs

March 24, 2021

The shipbuilding sector is experiencing a revival in orders as container-lines including ZIM Shipping and Wan Hai look to build out their market share and as others look to replace older vessels with more efficient, lower carbon-emitting models. Chinese shipyards received 4.88 million dry weig... Read more →

Empty container handling imbalance widens, farm goods exports soaring

March 23, 2021

U.S. logistics networks appear to still be out of balance when considering exports of loaded containers and handling of empty containers. Exports of loaded freight from the U.S. west coast ports fell by 14.6% year over year in February while handling of empty containers rose by 20.2%. That was... Read more →

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