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Are we finally starting to see the end of the tunnel? Quite likely. Indeed, after two years of difficulties related, in particular, to the Covid-19 pandemic, shortage of semiconductors slowly calm down. Of course, we are still a long way from returning to the situation before 2020, but still, things are slowly but surely improving. New car sales are picking up slightly again, and delivery times are down very slightly. Good news then. But be careful, because the crisis is far from over. Indeed, another problem now affects the automotive industry, this time related to logistics. There would not be enough transport to transport the vehicles and deliver them to the final consumer.

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Cars are stored in ports

So if production rates start to slowly improve, the new cars still can’t be delivered to their owners, this time due to a lack of boats to transport them. As a result, according to the Belgian site VRT.be, more than 100,000 vehicles are currently stored in the ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp. Then they are ready for delivery, but cannot be delivered because there is not enough capacity to transport them all. This is explained by the health care crisis, which led to a drop in the rate of boats due to insufficient demand. But now that production has started again, the logistics part is delayed, so the cars are piling up at the ports. The transport chain must then quickly reorganize to meet the demand.

Very long delay

But, unfortunately, it should not be done in one day. According to industry experts, this is really necessary less than two years so that the situation normalizes and all cars can be delivered on time. Mark Adriansens, CEO of International Car Operators, states that “vessels regularly have to wait or divert to other ports which have also reached maximum capacity. Finally, I am afraid that because of this, some factories will even be forced to close.”

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