Ports in southern China impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns that are further disrupting the global box trade have seen a significant slump in container availability in the last two weeks, according to the latest data from Container xChange. Pearl River Delta port productivity has slumped in recent weeks with container lines citing positive Covid-19 cases for .
Container xChange undercover survey: Forwarders failing to tap latent shipper-owned container capacity to tackle shortages
Mystery Shopper’ undercover survey of the world’s 50 largest freight forwarders finds acceptance of Shipper Owned Containers (SOC) is improving, but remains a rarity despite container shortages
Just 10% of forwarders surveyed could source an SOC and organise the shipment from China to Europe, finds latest Container xChange report
Commenting on the results, logistics guru Wolfgang Lehmacher says greater use of SOCs can “empower” forwarders and NVOCCs, and reduce container shortages, shipping costs and risk
Supply chain logjams and box shortages could be reduced if forwarders were more willing to accept shipper-owned container (SOC) moves, according to Container xChange’s 2021 ‘Mystery Shopper’ survey of the freight forwarding market.