Archives



Freight News, Sea


Port strikes start to bite

[ October 11, 2022   //   ]

Shipping visibility firm FourKites says there has been a significant increase in days at terminal after the first strike began at the Port of Felixstowe

On 21 August (the day the first strike began), ocean shipments (including import/export/transshipment) at had been at terminal for 5.5 days on average. By 30 August, this had increased to a peak of 10.3 days on average, an 87% increase.

 After the initial strike ended, average days at terminal at Felixstowe decreased down to 3.8 days on average, though the onset of the second strike on 27 September has since caused this to increase again by 84% to 7.0 days as of 3 October.

Major European ports including Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, and Antwerp have remained mostly stable during this time, with the 7-day average days at terminal at 6.4 days as of 3 October.

During the initial Felixstowe strike, FourKites saw shipment arrivals to Felixstowe decrease from 20% of all UK port arrivals to 0% (during the week of 7 August).

It appears that many shipments may have been rerouted to other ports in the UK such as Southampton, which saw an increase from 13% to 24% over the same two-week period.

FourKites also says that there has been a decrease in shipments arriving at Liverpool as the strikes began late in September, of 85% month-over-month.

Tags: ,