Transpacific Shipping Container Availability Report for May 1-7
The Agricultural Marketing Service released the Ocean Shipping Container Availability Report (OSCAR) for the week of May 1-7. The weekly report contains data on container availability for westbound transpacific traffic at 18 intermodal locations in the U.S.1 from the eight member carriers of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA).2 Although the report is compiled by AMS, it covers container availability for all merchandise, not just agricultural products.
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Weekly Estimates for Next Three Weeks on Five Types of Containers; Includes Maps, Tables
Estimates are available for the current week, as well as the subsequent two weeks, for each of the following five types of shipping containers: 20ft dry, 40ft dry, 40ft high-cube (HC), 20ft reefer, and 40ft reefer. The report has tables for each intermodal location showing availability of each type of shipping container from each carrier (carriers are anonymous).
Highlights of the report for the week of May 1-7 include:
Ports: The ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, New York, Norfolk, and Charleston are expected to have the most available containers among the reported port locations over the next three weeks. Container availability estimates at LA/Long Beach and New York rose from the previous week. Over the next three weeks overall availability in Norfolk, Savannah, and Charleston are expected to decrease.
Inland Locations: Among the reported inland locations, Dallas, Chicago, and Memphis are expected to have the most containers available over the next three weeks. Availability at Chicago, Minneapolis, and Memphis increased from the previous week; availability at the other inland ports fell.
Equipment: Overall, availability of all container types combined was more than 680 units less than the previous week.
- This week, seven locations showed an increase in container availability from last week. Availability in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, New Orleans, Norfolk, Savannah, and Tacoma fell.
- Container availability increased this week for each container type except for 40ft dry and 40ft high cube. Availability of 40ft refrigerated containers has increased by 38% compared to last week
1The 18 intermodal locations included in the report are Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Long Beach/Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oakland, Savannah, Seattle and Tacoma.
2These carriers are COSCO, Evergreen, Hanjin Shipping, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, K Line, OOCL, and Yang Ming Transportation Corp.