A lack of transport capacity has tested Europe’s top vehicle handling ports, along with a new wave of EV imports from China. Can ports keep up with new dynamics and requirements?
Europe’s vehicle-handling ports have faced rough seas for the past several years, from the pandemic to chip shortages to disruption from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But while 2022 was a year of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, for ports it was also the year when transport and labour shortages came to dominate – a situation that has continued into 2023 and expected to last for several years.
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While overall cargo volumes improved in the first half of the year at Antwerp-Bruges, vehicle throughput was down, significantly for second-hand vehicles
Along with strong Asian imports, increasing exports and new customers, Brunswick added vehicles and equipment diverted from Baltimore
Enough debris has been cleared to allow deep-draft commercial vehicles to access the port again
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