According to the statistics of relevant personnel, the port capacity of the United States will continue to rise and is expected to continue until 2022.

The Baltic International Shipping Association (BIMCO) pointed out that with the arrival of the peak trade season, the demand for imported goods is also rising, and this phenomenon is likely to continue until the end of this year. 

This is a critical period for the United States. For shippers, they have to make adequate preparations for the peak trade season.

The executive director of the Georgia port authority also said that this upsurge will continue until 2022, so many enterprises are scrambling to expand their commodity inventories.

The head of the port of Los Angeles believes that this situation will continue for a long time and even go beyond this range. Because the inventory of many shippers is still very low.

Some data show that the freight volume from Los Angeles to Charleston port has also reached an all-time high this year. Many ports have a mountain of goods due to congestion, which has seriously delayed the shipping schedule.

At the same time, with the influx of goods from China, Thailand and other Asian countries into the West Coast ports of the United States, the port terminals are overwhelmed, the warehouse space is decreasing, and the transport capacity of trucks is tight. This has exacerbated congestion in West Coast ports.

In Long Beach, with the arrival of the peak trade season, many retailers began to replenish their inventory, and Long Beach port will enter the peak season at the end of the month.

Trade recovered after the epidemic, but the pressure still exists

Because last year's COVID-19 slowed down the pace of international trade, it also affected the freight industry.

Affected by the epidemic, many sea freight ships can not call at the port, and hundreds of thousands of crew members are trapped at sea.

The volume of world trade recovered by an alarming 15% as of May last year, indicating that the volume of world trade fell by an alarming 15% as of May last year.

However, this recovery is sudden, which brings great pressure to European and American countries, causing a mountain of goods in some ports and serious congestion, which is a huge loss for shipping companies, which Maersk deeply understands.

It said that it would take nearly a month for shipping at Auckland port to resume, while Rotterdam port jumped due to delays.

As the world comes out of the epidemic and the global economy returns to balance, more ships and containers are built to meet the peak season.

At present, there is a shortage of shipping containers in the world. Only two Chinese companies produce containers, and there is a serious shortage of shipping space.

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