Container shipping capacity on Asia - US East Coast increased by 18.9%

Port of Savannah, USA (Image: GPA)

Citing Sea-Intelligence data, Xeneta said that in the three months to July 24, capacity between Asia and the US East Coast grew 18.9% year-on-year to an average of 210,000 TEUs.

“Compared to the average weekly capacity in the same period last year, this is the equivalent of adding four 8 750 teu ships a week,” Xeneta said.

Capacity on the Asia-US West Coast service has eased recently, but has maintained a larger volume of trade to date. During the same three-month period, average capacity on the Asia-West Coast service reached 310,000 TEUs, down 1.7%.

Coastal displacement was fueled by significant delays and queues at US West Coast ports, but the issue remains unresolved. Schedule reliability declined on the US East Coast with only 18.7% of service running on time in June with an average delay of 9 days for late arrivals. While on the West Coast, reliability improved to 24.8% in June with an average latency of 9.9 days.

The latest data corroborates that of the July McCown report, which noted an East Coast shift in vessel queuing and delays to US international container transactions.

A capacity change meant 61.3% of containers from Asia-US West Coast in the 12 weeks to 24 July 2022, down 66.1% from the same period in 2021.

Data from May 2022 shows that US East Coast imports so far are up 11.9% from 2021 and up 7.3% in May alone.

“As many of these containers have been moved away from the West Coast to the East Coast, there has been a corresponding drop in volumes imported through the US West Coast from the Far East. These are down 8.0% year to date and were down by 12.8% in May alone compared to May 2021. Total imports from the Far East to North America have risen 0.9% year to date,” said Xeneta.

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Source: Phaata.com (According to SeatradeMaritime)

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