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Business Times
27-05-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Asian ports reported to be congested; average waiting time in Singapore is up to 1.5 days
[SINGAPORE] Port congestion has been reported at Asian ports, with Singapore being one of those affected: The waiting time for a berth at the world's top transhipment hub is said to be between 12 and 36 hours. Tan Hua Joo, a box shipping analyst at data provider Linerlytica, told The Business Times that the longer waiting times in Singapore in recent weeks stem from changes in vessel deployments following the United States' imposition of tariffs and delays at upstream ports. He added, however, that congestion in Asia ports is an ongoing issue, not a recent one. Liner Hapag-Lloyd told its customers that, as at May 26, some Asian ports were facing increased waiting times because of congested berths. The Chinese ports of Shanghai and Qingdao are among the worst hit, with the average hold-up ranging from 24 to 72 hours. The average waiting time at China's Ningbo port is between 24 and 36 hours; over at South Korea's Busan and Japan's Yokohama ports, waiting times are 18 hours and between 12 and 24 hours, respectively. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up The longer waiting times at Singapore are being caused by vessel bunching and congestion, the liner said. Kuehne+Nagel has similarly described operations in the ports of Singapore and Klang as 'heavily disrupted'. Vessels calling at the Republic's port have had an average waiting time of around 1.82 days over the last seven days, said the freight forwarder in its weekly update. Several vessels are arriving at once, and transshipment cargo is being delayed by a week or two, it said. At Port Klang, congestion in the berths has raised the average vessel waiting time to around 1.46 days, Kuehne+Nagel reported. 'Some vessels can wait up to 2.5 days. Yard congestion is around 90 per cent, reducing productivity.' Data service EconDB numbers point to dwell times for transhipments at the Singapore port averaging 9.5 days as at May 19, against the peak of 10.8 days in late May 2024 and the average of 7.6 days since March 2022. PSA Singapore acknowledged on Tuesday (May 27) that a high concentration of container vessels have arrived in recent weeks. It attributed this to service reconfigurations by shipping lines in response to business changes and global issues. Delays and congestion at other locations have also caused vessels to bunch up in Singapore, a spokesperson for PSA Singapore said. The port authority said it would ensure the optimal turnaround of container vessels to ease the situation with added capacity and resources. Last year, port congestion prompted some liners to skip Singapore after berthing delays at the South-east Asian transhipment hub hit a historic high; this was caused by some operators discharging more containers in the Republic and scrapping subsequent voyages in order to catch up on their next schedules amid forced detours in the Red Sea. Port congestion in Singapore peaked in the second quarter of 2024, Linerlyica's Tan noted. The situation has since eased, but not been fully resolved. The congestion is not expected to hit the critical levels of 2024 because additional capacity has since been added at the Singapore port, he added. Earlier, analysts had cautioned that port congestion in Europe might have a spillover impact on Asian ports. Meanwhile, cargo from places other than mainland China that were given a 90-day reprieve from reciprocal tariffs by the United States have been rushed out of ports since the pause was announced on Apr 9. Mainland China got its truce with the US on May 12, unleashing a wave of shipments, including those had been held back from April to mid-May. Total capacity on the trans-Pacific route – primarily from Asia to the US – is set to rebound sharply in the coming four weeks, with an average of over 560,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs, a measure of freight capacity) departing from Asia to the US weekly. This is about 50 per cent more than in the previous fortnight. The higher supply is expected to rein in the rise in freight rates for the trans-Pacific trade lanes, after the US-China trade detente arrested the decline in the shipping costs.
Business Times
27-05-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Port congestion at Asian ports reported; Singapore's average waiting time up to 1.5 days
[SINGAPORE] Port congestion has been reported at Asian ports, with Singapore being one of those impacted – the berth waiting time at the world's top transhipment hub is said to be between 12 and 36 hours. Liner Hapag-Lloyd's customers were updated as at May 26 that some Asian ports were facing increased waiting times due to berth congestion. The Chinese ports of Shanghai and Qingdao were among the worst hit, with the average hold-up ranging from 24 to 72 hours. China's Ningbo, South Korea's Busan and Japan's Yokohama ports were reportedly seeing average waiting times of 24 to 36 hours, 18 hours, and 12 to 24 hours, respectively. The longer waiting times at Singapore were due to vessel bunching and congestion, the liner said. The Business Times has reached out to port operator PSA Singapore for comment. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up Similarly, Kuehne+Nagel has pointed out that Singapore was 'heavily disrupted' – as was the neighbouring Port Klang in Malaysia. Vessels calling at the Republic's port have had an average waiting time of around 1.82 days over the last seven days, said the freight forwarder in its weekly update. 'The port is seeing several vessels arrive at once. Transhipment cargo is delayed by one to two weeks.' Port Klang's berth congestion has resulted in the average vessel waiting time to be around 1.46 days, based on Kuehne+Nagel data. 'Some vessels can wait up to 2.5 days. Yard congestion is around 90 per cent, reducing productivity.' Data service EconDB numbers showed that the dwell times for transhipments at Singapore port averaged 9.5 days as at May 19, against the peak of 10.8 days in late May 2024 and the average of 7.6 days since March 2022. Earlier, analysts cautioned that port congestions in Europe might have spillover impact on Asian trade lanes. Meanwhile, cargoes from countries and economies given a 90-day reprieve from reciprocal tariffs by the United States have been rushing out of ports since the pause was announced on Apr 9. Mainland China got its truce with the US on May 12, unleashing a wave of shipments including those had been held back from April to mid-May. Total capacity on the Transpacific – primarily from Asia to the US – is set to rebound sharply in the coming four weeks, with an average of over 560,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs, a measure of freight capacity) departing from Asia to the US weekly. This is about 50 per cent more than the previous fortnight. The higher supply is expected to rein in the rise in freight rates for the Transpacific trade lanes, after the US-China trade detente arrested the decline in the shipping costs. Last year, port congestion prompted some liners to skip Singapore after berthing delays at the South-east Asian transhipment hub hit a historic high – caused by some operators that discharged more containers there as they scrapped subsequent voyages to catch up on their next schedules amid Red Sea detours.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Borderlands Mexico: Tariffs, language rule hit cross-border trucking
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Tariffs, language rule hit cross-border trucking; Kuehne+Nagel opens border logistics facility in Texas; Kuehne+Nagel opens border logistics facility in Texas; German automotive supplier expands in Mexico; and Sabine-Neches Waterway project secures $172M grant. President Donald Trump's tariff policies and new regulations are creating both challenges and opportunities for businesses engaging in U.S.-Mexico commerce. A looming hurdle for cross-border trucking could be Trump's recent executive order enforcing existing English-language proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers. Citing national safety and efficiency imperatives, the policy mandates that truck drivers demonstrate English proficiency in reading traffic signs, communicating with safety officials and adhering to employer mandate could significantly alter U.S.-Mexico trade by causing delays at the border and increased operational costs for shippers relying on Mexican carriers, according to Jordan Dewart, president of Redwood Mexico. 'This is a time where there's still a prevalence of drivers right now in the U.S., so it's not a huge concern today. But if these drivers start exiting the market, it could be a concern that ultimately affects capacity because non-English-speaking drivers come from Mexico or they're coming from India, Pakistan, Russia, all over the world,' Dewart said. 'They were the ones that kind of saved our backs during COVID, when we needed to scale up on driver capacity. And now we're saying, 'You can't drive anymore.'' Redwood Mexico is the cross-border shipping arm of Chicago-based fourth-party logistics provider Redwood Logistics. Since Feb. 2, Trump has also ordered a series of tariffs against imports from China, Mexico, Canada and almost every other nation that has trade with the U.S. The duties include a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff for all countries, as well as automotive sector-based Mexico and Canada, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all imports that do not comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump has not imposed the additional 10% reciprocal tariffs on Canada and Mexico. As a result, the majority of U.S. imports from those two countries that are USMCA-compliant continue to enter the U.S. duty-free. Despite uncertainties across the supply chain created by tariffs, trucking volumes between the U.S. and Mexico have remained resilient. 'The last 60 days, it's been a period of relative normality. … We've seen volumes really start to pick up, especially, for example, in the retail sector, where it's kind of like if you don't ship now, you're going to miss your back-to-school sales, you're going to miss the fall, and you're going to miss even potentially Christmas sales,' Dewart told FreightWaves in an interview. 'So we're seeing retail customers come back for sure.' Dewart said the on-again, off-again imposition of tariffs has created some uncertainty among his cross-border clients. 'There's questions being asked from senior leaders, and usually they're going to logistics or to supply chain and saying, 'Hey, I need to know what's going on here. What can we do about tariffs?' It's kind of a mad scramble for them to get educated on these things,' Dewart said. 'Some products are actually required to pay [tariffs] because they don't qualify for USMCA or perhaps they qualify, but the customs broker has never gone through the process of actually getting it certified.' More customers are inquiring about foreign trade zones and reaching out to get to know their customs broker at the border, which has not necessarily been the case in the past, according to Dewart. 'I think for the first time, people are starting to want to reach out to their customs broker and they're kind of saying, 'Hey, what should I do? What can I do about these tariffs? What can you advise me to do?' Dewart said. 'They're asking about foreign trade zones. I wouldn't say there's a lot of usage of foreign trade zones yet or bonded warehouse space, but there's a lot of people asking, 'Hey, is that something that could work for me?''Global supply chain provider Kuehne+Nagel has opened a 432,000-square-foot cross-dock facility in Laredo, Texas. The facility consolidates three existing cross-dock facilities and doubles Kuehne+Nagel's capacity at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a news release. The facility includes 200 trailer parking stalls, 115 dock doors and two drive-in doors for cross-docking, warehousing, transloading and storage. The site includes a 17,500-square-foot foreign trade zone. 'Despite current challenges in global trade, we are confident nearshoring will continue, as it helps customers enhance supply chain resilience, reduces costs, and speeds up distribution,' Nathan Thomas, regional vice president for central area Kuehne+Nagel U.S., said in a statement. Kuehne+Nagel also has a 363,000-square-foot border logistics facility in El Paso, Texas, as well as facilities in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne+Nagel has over 80,000 employees at 1,300 locations in 100 countries. The company has 400,000 customers worldwide. Knipping Automotive recently opened its third facility in Mexico in the city of Huamantla. The $18 million plant will create 150 jobs and specialize in the production of plastic components for the automotive industry. Leingarten, Germany-based Knipping Automotive is a supplier to automakers such as Volkswagen and Audi. The company has 900 employees at six locations in Germany, Hungary and Mexico. Huamantla is located about 100 miles southeast of Mexico City. The Sabine-Neches Waterway will receive $172 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its channel-deepening project. The funds will be used to deepen the waterway from its current 40-foot depth to a depth of 48 feet. Once completed, the project will allow larger ships to reach Texas ports and waterway industries. The Sabine-Neches Waterway is 57 miles long and is the longest federal deep-draft ship channel on the Texas Gulf Coast. The project to deepen the ship channel began construction in 2019 and is estimated to take seven years to complete. The post Borderlands Mexico: Tariffs, language rule hit cross-border trucking appeared first on FreightWaves.
Web Release
11-05-2025
- Business
- Web Release
Kuehne+Nagel appoints Leon Diradourian as Managing Director in the Middle East
By Editor_wr Last updated May 11, 2025 Kuehne+Nagel, a leading global logistics company, has appointed Leon Diradourian as Managing Director for its GCC+ Cluster, comprising Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, effective June 1st, 2025. With nearly two decades of experience in the logistics industry Leon Diradourian is well positioned to drive growth and development across the region. He will be based at Kuehne+Nagel's cluster headquarters in Dubai. Since joining Kuehne+Nagel Canada as a Sales Executive in 2010, Leon has held a number of senior leadership roles, including Regional Sales Director, Eastern Canada; Regional Vice President, Eastern Canada; and Vice President, Sea Logistics, Canada. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Strategic Customs Development, where he was instrumental in leading the integration of Farrow, a Canada-based customs brokerage recently acquired by Kuehne+Nagel. Upon his new appointment, Leon Diradourian comments: 'Situated at the crossroads of global trade, the Middle East offers exceptional opportunities for the logistics sector. As many countries diversify their economies and explore new avenues for growth, I am honoured to lead the organisation in the region. Together with our team, I am committed to enhancing our service offerings, supporting our customers' success, and advancing towards our Vision 2030: to become the most trusted supply chain partner supporting a sustainable future.' Comments are closed.
Trade Arabia
05-05-2025
- Business
- Trade Arabia
Kuehne+Nagel appoints new MD in Middle East
Kuehne+Nagel, a leading global logistics company, has appointed Leon Diradourian as Managing Director for its GCC+ Cluster, comprising Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, effective June 1. With nearly two decades of experience in the logistics industry Diradourian is well positioned to drive growth and development across the region. He will be based at Kuehne+Nagel's cluster headquarters in Dubai. Since joining Kuehne+Nagel Canada as a Sales Executive in 2010, Diradourian has held a number of senior leadership roles, including Regional Sales Director, Eastern Canada; Regional Vice President, Eastern Canada; and Vice President, Sea Logistics, Canada. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Strategic Customs Development, where he was instrumental in leading the integration of Farrow, a Canada-based customs brokerage recently acquired by Kuehne+Nagel. - TradeArabia News Service
