What Is Port Congestion? Causes, Costs and How to Measure It
Port congestion is what happens when ships arrive faster than a port can berth and work them. What causes it, how it is measured from AIS data, why it costs so much, and how to tell a real backlog from ordinary port traffic.
About this analysis
This article is based on PortInsight's near real-time AIS observations of vessels in monitored port zones, including anchorage waits, berth occupancy and turnaround patterns.