The unprecedented El Niño and typhoon weather events is having an affect on Asian trade, ocean freight forwarders have reported.
Reportedly, August typhoons hit Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian and Hong Kong at different times, causing delays that led to 400,000 TEU awaiting clearance.
This delay has had a knock-on effect on September shipping, and with the bad weather expected to persist into October, further congestion delays are expected.
The most recent report from global transport and logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel International AG suggests that the 7-day average vessel waiting time in Shanghai around 4.72 days.
This additional berthing waiting time does not include loading and unloading delays which could further exacerbate the backlog.
However, the same report suggests that Linerlytica reports that port congestion in China is gradually easing from recent peaks, but the disruptions at Southeast Asia and India/Middle East ports remain at near record highs.
In Japan, however a typhoon hit parts of Tokyo this week, slowing transport logistics as landslides threaten the immediate area.
In Malaysia, the 7-day average vessel waiting time is around 1.24 days. It is expected to increase to 2-2.5 days next week.
Yard density remains high at 90% at Port Klang as ongoing emergency dredging work until 27 September has reduced deep-water berth availability for larger vessels.
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