The freight forwarder’s playbook for outsmarting port congestion in 2025 If you’ve been in freight forwarding long enough, you know the drill, more often than not, your container finally reaches the port… and then just sits there. Days pass. The tracking updates are frozen. Clients are calling. The port looks more like a parking lot…
The congestion in European ports in 2025 has reached a critical level, disrupting trade routes across the continent and creating ripple effects far beyond the region. Major ports in Northern Europe such as Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Hamburg, and Rotterdam, are experiencing severe delays, with average berth waiting times increasing between 37% and 77% in just a…