Amachweba amakhulu wehabhu lamabhokisi enyakatho ye-Europe abhekene nokwehliswa okukhulu kwezingcingo ezivela kumfelandawonye (ezivela e-Asia), ngakho ikota yokugcina yonyaka kungenzeka ibhekane nokwehla okukhulu kokuphumayo.

Abathwali basolwandle baphoqeleka ukuthi balungise ngokuphawulekayo umthamo wamasonto onke ukusuka e-Asia ukuya eYurophu nase-US ngokumelene nesizinda sesidingo esibuthakathaka ngokungavamile, futhi umbono ongemuhle ungaholela ekukhanselweni okwengeziwe ezinyangeni ezizayo.

Abalingani be-2M Alliance i-MSC kanye ne-Maersk bamemezele ukuthi bazophinda balukhansele uhambo lokuqala lwe-AE1/Shogun Asia-Northern Europe olusuka e-China, obekumele lusuke e-Ningbo Port ngoNovemba 6, ngenxa “yokwehla kwesidingo ebesilindelwe”.Umzuliswano we-14336 TEU “MSC Faith”.

Ngokusho kwe-eeSea, iluphu izoba nezingcingo zokungenisa e-Zeebrugge nase-Rotterdam, zilayishe futhi zehlise izingcingo e-Bremerhaven kanye nocingo lwesibili olulayishwayo e-Rotterdam.U-Zeebrugge wengeze ichweba elisha lokushaya ngo-June kulo nyaka, futhi wengeza ucingo olusha ethekwini ohambweni lwe-2M AE6/Lion.Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zemikhumbi zithe lokhu kuzosiza ekudambiseni izinkinga ezinkulu e-Antwerp naseRotterdam.ukuminyana komhlaba.

Ngenxa yalokho, i-Antwerp-Bruges Port Container Terminal ikwazi kangcono ukuphatha ukufika kwemikhumbi enamandla kanye nevolumu ephezulu kakhulu yokushintshisana kwamabhokisi.Kodwa umthamo wamabhokisi ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyisishiyagalolunye zonyaka wawusephansi ngo-5% ukusuka esikhathini esifanayo ngo-2021 kuya kuma-TEU ayizigidi eziyi-10.2.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, opharetha baqale ukunciphisa umthamo e-Asia ngesikhathi seholide Likazwelonke lase-China kule nyanga, ngakho-ke umthelela walezi zingcingo ezincishisiwe nokusebenza kuzobonakala kuphela ngezibalo zekota yesine.