Shipping Container Shortage 2024. At the same time, conflict in the red sea and reduced access to the suez canal are leading companies to reroute shipping around the cape of good hope,. Container shipping lines are struggling to cope with congested ports and shortages of ships as the crisis in the red sea drags into a third month, one of the sector’s most senior executives.

Upward of $1 trillion worth of product was. Ships in china are running low on empty containers to carry goods.