Freight disruptions that started in 2020

Events

5

Ongoing now

0

Most severe

3 (Significant)

Events by the month they started. Months with events link to the list below the strip.

1. Jan0 events in January 2020
2. Feb0 events in February 2020
3. Mar0 events in March 2020
4. Apr1 event in April 2020
5. May0 events in May 2020
6. Jun0 events in June 2020
7. Jul0 events in July 2020
8. Aug1 event in August 2020
9. Sep0 events in September 2020
10. Oct1 event in October 2020
11. Nov0 events in November 2020
12. Dec2 events in December 2020

• April 2020: Carriers withdraw sailings on Asia to Europe and transpacific services
• August 2020: Explosion at the Port of Beirut halts port operations
• October 2020: Container ship queue off Los Angeles and Long Beach
• December 2020: Oilseed workers strike halts grain exports at Rosario area ports; France closes its border to freight from the United Kingdom

One lead figure per event, the current primary measurement with the largest absolute standardised score, ranked by that score. 3 of 3 shown.

• Explosion at the Port of Beirut halts port operations · Fire, severity 3 (Significant), started 2020-08-04 (4 August 2020)

  Port calls, Beirut, 2020-08-04 (4 August 2020) to 2020-08-10 (10 August 2020): 1.0 calls per day against 3.8 expected (-73.6%, standardised score -1.4).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

• Oilseed workers strike halts grain exports at Rosario area ports · Labour action, severity 3 (Significant), started 2020-12-09 (9 December 2020)

  Dry bulk port calls, San Martin, 2020-12-09 (9 December 2020) to 2020-12-29 (29 December 2020): 0.2 calls per day against 2.1 expected (-2.0, standardised score -1.3).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

• France closes its border to freight from the United Kingdom · Regulatory or customs action, severity 2 (Moderate), started 2020-12-20 (20 December 2020)

  Port calls, Dover, 2020-12-20 (20 December 2020) to 2020-12-23 (23 December 2020): 0.8 calls per day against 0.1 expected (+0.6, standardised score +0.6).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

The archive records no event from an earlier year that was still in force during 2020.

4 events with an end date in 2020, whichever year they started.

• Carriers withdraw sailings on Asia to Europe and transpacific services, started 2020-04-01 (April 2020), ended 2020-06-01 (1 June 2020).
• Explosion at the Port of Beirut halts port operations, started 2020-08-04 (4 August 2020), ended 2020-08-10 (10 August 2020).
• Oilseed workers strike halts grain exports at Rosario area ports, started 2020-12-09 (9 December 2020), ended 2020-12-29 (29 December 2020).
• France closes its border to freight from the United Kingdom, started 2020-12-20 (20 December 2020), ended 2020-12-23 (23 December 2020).