Disruptions in maritime trade also burden paper industry supply chains
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Extreme increases in freight rates and persistently poor availability of containers are increasingly posing a challenge for the transport of pulp and paper products as well.
Associations and affected companies do not expect a reversal of the trend any time soon, also because the temporary blockade of the Suez Canal has further exacerbated the problem.
The traffic jam in the Suez Canal has meanwhile cleared and passage is possible again. However, experts expect the consequences of the incident to be felt for some time to come. The Corona crisis had already caused distortions in maritime trade and caused prices for container transport to explode. The shipwreck in the Suez Canal and its aftermath are now an additional burden. This tends to drive up the prices for maritime trade even further.
