Canale di Suez

Canale di Suez

Canale di Suez Conseguenze sul trasporto marittimo internazionale

 

Lo scorso 23 Marzo, una?porta container della compagnia taiwanese Evergreen?si è incagliata nel Canale di Suez provocando il blocco del traffico marittimo e quindi il fermo di centinaia di navi in attesa di proseguire il loro tragitto. Non si è trattato solo di un ritardo nella consegna delle merci,?ma di una global daily loss approximately $ 9.6 billion (source:Bloomberg) it's a important impact on port congestion.

Once the emergency of the channel following the release has been overcome, what is expected over the next week is a sharp decline in export capacity (source: Shipping Italy), with a consequent recovery due to the arrival of ships in port, the so-called? domino effect? easily predictable.

The delivery delay involves a less number of ships unloaded and in parallel a lower availability of vacuums for the loading of goods destined for export; a doubly weakened process after the epidemiological crisis. Following port congestion and a long wait to find a free port on which to dock, shipping companies will find themselves obliged to cancel the scheduled departures; this implies the failure to unload or load goods in the ports concerned, otherwise known as blank sailing.

The exponential increase in freight costs it constitutes a further consequence of the Suez events; prices, in fact, are increasing and there is the possibility that this trend will continue.

Port congestion is equally disturbing: in Europe the ports are facing the emergency due to the late arrival of ships, defining an individual policy for each country.