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Affected by the continuous extremely cold weather, the European logistics network has fallen into a severe paralysis. Maersk and CMA CGM issued emergency warnings on January 28th and 29th respectively. The Nordic hub port of Gdansk is facing both land and sea difficulties. On the land side, equipment freezing and railway blockades have led to obstacles in truck pickup, while on the sea side, loading and unloading efficiency has dropped sharply due to heavy snowfall, and the port has compressed the container entry time to 5 days before the ship's schedule.

The Bay of Biscay region in southwestern Europe has encountered abnormal storms. CMA CGM confirmed that six core routes including FAL and EPIC are blocked, and many ships are anchoring in places like Gibraltar to avoid the wind.

At the same time, Asian ports are experiencing severe congestion due to the "rush to ship goods" during the Lunar New Year. The average waiting time at Ningbo Port has increased to 2.5 days in seven days, and the yard density at Meishan and Chuanshan terminals exceeds 90%; the average waiting time in the Waigaoqiao area of Shanghai Port reaches 2.13 days; operations at Indonesia's Semarang Port have been interrupted, and ships at the Manila Port in the Philippines wait for more than two days. The global supply chain is facing the dual pressures of Europe's freeze and Asia's year-end.

Source: Chuhaiwang