Impact of the Suez Canal on U.S. Importers

The Suez Canal was shut down for 6 days.  The “Ever Given” created a large backlog of hundreds of vessels waiting to pass thru to their final destination. Roughly 100+ ships are feverously trying to pass thru the canal to make up for lost time.

This has created a domino effect of backlogs at destination ports due to the sheer volume of containers arriving and is causing many sailings to be missed for its final journey.  Nearly 19% ships passed thru the Suez Canal in 2020.  Ultimately, this back log will have a huge impact on your whole delivery dynamic.

Expect months of Supply Chain disruption and container imbalance at certain ports.  A shortage of containers will be real as not all ports are equipped to reposition empties and be sure to be on the “look out” for those creative surcharges upon receipt of your billings.

AW2 Logistics and our parent, Ace Worldwide, are positioned to assist our freight forwarding communities with their customers – or – customers direct with devanning on any of the Coasts, segregate per need, store, kit, label as well as set up your domestic transportation to destination.

Email our team at CSRGroup@aw2logistics.com for a competitive quote.  Another strength of AW2’s is that we have partnered with a very reliable drayage container company servicing our Anaheim, CA facility for past 15 plus years providing container at port pick up as well delivering to our specified AW2 location for break down.

Please check out our brand-new drone footage on our website www.aw2logistics.com detailing our campus in Muskego, Wisconsin, which also is GE Healthcare’s North American Distribution Center.  This 30+ year partnership continues to grow, and pivot based on the current demand in the healthcare market.  On our website, you will also find our additional locations positioned from Coast to Coast. 

Feel free to email me at k.mccloud@aw2logistics.com so that I can assist in your supply chain crunch. I can also be reached on my cell at 414.870.2727.