If you thought congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was bad, then you’re probably in for quite the shock once we tell you how much worse it is in China. According to eeSea, “there are over 60 container ships full of import cargo stuck offshore of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but there are more than double that—154 as of Friday—waiting to load export cargo off Shanghai and Ningbo in China.”
It doesn’t help that the country is also facing a major energy crisis that’s taking a huge toll on production and adding even more fuel to the fire. While Long Beach plans to move forward with its plan to extend gate operations to 24 hours in order to combat growing congestion, Los Angeles port officials have decided to go in another direction by focusing on increasing operational efficiency.
The Port of New York and New Jersey isn’t doing much better either as surging imports and berthing delays contribute to increasing strains on the region’s supply chains. Meanwhile, cyber security threats are on the rise again, but this time it’s the air sector that’s in need of some additional protection.
According to The Loadstar, “between 2019 and 2020, there was a 530% increase in cyber attacks reported to Eurocontrol, while there were 775 cyber attacks on airlines in 2020–and just 150 at airports.” To learn more about what’s going on in the international shipping industry today, check out the following article links:
