Detour! Congestion! Price increase! Pressure on African ports doubled

Detour! Congestion! Price increase! Pressure on African ports doubled 

Recently, due to the continued escalation of tensions in the Red Sea, many international shipping companies have chosen to avoid traditional Red Sea routes and instead bypass Africa. This has put many African ports under increasing pressure.door to door service

At the Port of Colombo, a key port connecting Africa, the Middle East and East Asia. According to statistics from the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), the number of 20-foot containers (TEU) handled by the port in 2023 reached 6.94 million, an increase of 2% over the previous year.

Especially after the emergence of tensions in the Red Sea, the container throughput of the Port of Colombo increased sharply. In December, the number of containers handled by the Port of Colombo increased by 15% compared with a year ago.door to door service

An official from the authority said: “More and more shipping lines are using the Port of Colombo as a transshipment port, sometimes even transferring the entire cargo to other vessels.

The Port of Colombo usually handles about 5,000 to 5,500 containers per day, but since the end of last year, the daily handling volume has increased by about 1,000.

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