Extreme weather, particularly typhoons and hurricanes in North Asia and the United States, resulted in congestion building up in major ports.
Linerlytica’s report today stated that vessel queues went up in the week that ended on 10 September.
North Asia, particularly, had been battered by heavy rain amid the typhoon season, with Super Typhoon Saola, Typhoon Khanun and Typhoon Haikui hitting China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Linerlytica estimates that around 400,000 TEUs were in the vessel...
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