Intercontinental dwell times increased
In its recent analysis, Chicago-based software developer and intelligence provider Four Kites reports that reliability in shipping has again deteriorated over the last year. In total, the average dwell time at the port of discharge (POD) is 240 hours (up 6% from the 2021 average, and up 27% from the average since the start of the pandemic), while average dwell time at the port of loading (POL) is 311 hours (up 4% compared to the 2021 average, and 12% compared to the average since the start of the pandemic).
In the US ports, the average dwell is now at 167 hours (7 days) at the point of discharge (POD), an increase of 4% on the year (21% over the average since the start of the pandemic). At the point of loading, there is an average dwell time of 199 hours (8 days), a 2% dip over the annual average (and up 4.5% from the average since the start of the pandemic).
In the European ports, the average dwell time at POD is 122 hours (down 8% on the year) and 217 hours at POL (up 9% compared to 2021 average). As to the Chinese ports, Four Kites concluded that "we haven’t seen much change in dwell time over the last three months comp ared to the annual average."
elays at POD are at 79% (12% below the annual average), while delays at POL are at almost 5% (7% above the annual average). Yet, on-time percentages improved a lot, with 20% (+156% compared to the annual average), and 73% at POL (+61% above the annual average). (sh)