Maersk Expects Cargo Delays to Persist

Top container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk on Tuesday warned its customers it was still struggling to move goods around the world as the easing of congestion is taking longer than the Danish company had hoped for.

The pandemic has prompted shortages of container ships and logjams at ports at a time of very high consumer spending, meaning that hundreds of container vessels are lying idle outside ports.

"Unfortunately, 2022 has not started off as we had hoped," Maersk said in an advisory published on its web page.

"The pandemic is still going strong and unfortunately, we are seeing new outbreaks impacting our ability to move your cargo," it said, adding that it expects the constrains to continue "for some time still".

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