Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Partners,
Please find below our latest weekly update.
As always, the team and I are ready to assist with any Freight & Logistics queries you may have.
Critical Alerts This Week
- India-South Africa trade: Transshipment congestion, critical capacity, amendments and omissions are expected through July.
- Asia weather and Hormuz: Western Pacific storm risk and Middle East routing uncertainty remain active watch items.
South Africa
Air Freight:
Air freight rates remain elevated, with fuel surcharges up across Middle East-affected lanes. Long-haul capacity remains constrained, and both SA Airlink , Ethiopian Airlines are severely backlogged into many destinations.
Local and cross Boarder Road Freight:
All services running smoothly
Sea Freight:
NAVIS outage on 30 June affected all terminals from 12:07 to 15:00; normal operations resumed, with Durban and Cape Town low-delay and wind risk in Port Elizabeth.
Durban
- Pier 1: 0-4 days; NAVIS disruption resolved; monitor temporary import stack extensions Moderate
- Pier 2 (DGT): 0-2 days; full operations resumed after NAVIS outage Stable
- Point: 0-1 days; low current delay Stable
Cape Town
- CTCT: 0-2 days; clear week expected, with Thursday wind gusts Stable
- MPT: 0-1 days; low current delay Stable
Port Elizabeth
- PECT: 0-1 days; clear week expected Stable
- NCT: 0-5 days; port likely to be windbound Thursday Moderate
Africa & Indian Ocean Islands
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates in Middle East-affected lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
Airlines:
SA Airlink, Ethiopian Airlines are severely backlogged into many destinations.
Sea Freight:
East Africa remains the main risk zone, with Beira still at severe delay levels; West Africa has moderated but Tema, Apapa and Abidjan remain watch points.
West Africa
- Walvis Bay: 0-4 days; intermittent wind gusts expected Moderate
- Luanda: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Tema: 7 days; congestion risk remains Moderate
- Takoradi: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Apapa: 7 days; elevated delay Moderate
- Tincan: 1 day; low current wait Stable
- Abidjan: 7 days; elevated delay Moderate
Indian Ocean Islands
- Port Louis: 0-2 days; low current wait Stable
- Reunion: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Toamasina: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
East Africa
- Beira: 27-30 days; severe congestion remains Critical
- Maputo: 3 days; wind gusts and rain expected Moderate
- Mombasa: 6 days; moderate-high wait Moderate
- Dar Es Salaam: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Zanzibar: 12 days; high waiting time Critical
Middle East & Indian Sub-Continent
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates in Middle East-affected lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
Sea Freight:
India-South Africa routing remains constrained by transshipment congestion and critical capacity, while Gulf risk is concentrated around Dubai and Mina Khalifa.
Indian Sub-Continent
- Nhava Sheva: 0-1 days; low current wait Stable
- Chennai: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Mundra: 4 days; operational disruptions affecting gate and vessel performance Moderate
- Colombo: 0-2 days; congestion linked to Middle East cargo diversions Stable
- Karachi: 7 days; elevated delay Moderate
Middle East / Gulf
- Jebel Ali: 1 day; low stated port wait Stable
- Khor Fakkan: 5 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Al Fujairah: 7 days; elevated delay Moderate
- Mina Khalifa: 20 days; critical wait time Critical
- Abu Dhabi: 4 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Dubai: 39 days; critical wait time Critical
- Jeddah: 9 days; high delay Critical
- King Abdullah: 11 days; high delay Critical
- Dammam: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
North America
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates on some trade lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
Capacity constraints continue on export lanes.
Sea Freight:
Canadian wildfire season and Atlantic hurricane season are active planning risks; US terminal delays are moderate but trucking and intermodal coordination remain constraints.
Canada
- Montreal: 9 days; high delay Critical
- Vancouver: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
United States
- New York: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Savannah: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Los Angeles: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Long Beach: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
Latin America
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates on some trade lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
Capacity constraints continue on export lanes.
Sea Freight:
Brazil-South Africa routings remain affected by vessel rerouting and delayed transshipments; Mexico is broadly moderate.
Argentina
- Buenos Aires: 2 days; LCL services move over Hamburg Stable
Brazil
- Paranagua: 0 days; no current wait Stable
- Santos: 1 day; rerouting and delayed transshipments being monitored Stable
Mexico
- Altamira: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Veracruz: 4 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Manzanillo: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
Europe — NW Continent, UK & Med
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates on some trade lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
Severe backlogs experienced in Amsterdam – Schipol hub.
Sea Freight:
Carrier schedules remain erratic, with rotation amendments, blanked sailings, hub omissions and regional capacity constraints.
North-West Continent
- Antwerp: 3 days; pilot strike and terminal congestion affecting export deliveries Moderate
- Rotterdam: 1 day; new kilometre-based truck toll affects landside costs Stable
- Le Havre: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Hamburg: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Bremerhaven: 1 day; low current wait Stable
Mediterranean
- Genoa: 5 days; transshipment hub congestion affecting transit times Moderate
- La Spezia: 1 day; low current wait Stable
- Barcelona: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Istanbul: 1 day; low current wait Stable
- Izmir: 13 days; high delay Critical
United Kingdom
- London Gateway: 1 day; low current wait Stable
Asia Pacific (incl. Oceania)
Air Freight:
Seeing a slight decrease in rates on some trade lanes. All areas are running with some capacity constraints.
On the South Africa-to-Far East export lane, capacity constraints persist.
Sea Freight:
Capacity constraints and increased freight rates remain active across Asia Pacific, with carrier blank sailings reported and western Pacific storm risk developing.
China
- Hong Kong: 1 day; low wait Stable
- Guangzhou: 1 day; low wait Stable
- Ningbo: 1 day; low wait Stable
- Qingdao: 1 day; low wait Stable
- Shanghai: 3 days; moderate wait Moderate
- Shenzhen: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Xiamen: 1 day; low wait Stable
- Xingang: 0 days; no current wait Stable
- Dalian: 1 day; low wait Stable
South-East Asia
- Singapore: 2 days; transshipment congestion risk remains Stable
- Bangkok: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Laem Chabang: 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
North Asia
- Busan (KRPUS): 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Busan (KRBNP): 2 days; low-moderate wait Stable
- Kaohsiung: 1 day; low risk Stable
- Keelung: 1 day; low risk Stable
Trade News
Peak Season & July Rate Pressure
Early peak-season demand, July BAF adjustments, manufacturer price increases and tariff timing continue to support higher container freight rates.
Strait of Hormuz Watch
Hormuz traffic is recovering unevenly after recent attacks, but regional security and carrier-routing risk remain live planning considerations.
Asia Weather Risk
Typhoon Bavi and TEN-26 are being monitored for potential China and Vietnam impacts, including possible interruptions around Ningbo and Shanghai.
European Landside Cost Pressure
The Netherlands introduced a kilometre-based truck toll from 1 July, affecting road-transport costs for vehicles above 3,500 kg.
North America Operations
Charleston will temporarily pause Leatherman terminal container handling from 1 August, with services shifting to Wando Welch and North Charleston.
Key Articles This Week
Ocean Trade Summary — Issue 22/2026 (SACO, 2 July)
Primary weekly sea-freight and port-delay input for this issue.Ocean rates steady as shippers brace for July hikes (Freightos, 30 June)
Early peak-season demand, July rate pressure and air cargo market context.Two tropical storms strengthen with forecasted impact on China and Vietnam (Kuehne+Nagel, 2 July)
Western Pacific weather risk and possible port interruptions.Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Slows After Attack on Ship (gCaptain, 26 June)
Hormuz transit and regional maritime-security watch item.Charleston Port temporarily pauses container handling (Kuehne+Nagel, 1 July)
US port-service shift from Leatherman to Wando and North Charleston.
And that’s it – As always the Inter-Sped team is ready to jump for you!
Best Regards,
Jon-Jon & The Inter-Sped Team
