On the 15th, the official website of freight forwarding giant Dexun announced that on April 15th, several major ports in Europe were interrupted due to the impact of a strong storm.

At 9am on the same day, DP World Southampton, a global port group based in Southampton, UK, decided to suspend ship operations despite still providing land services at lower productivity. Similarly, Liverpool Port has also issued a notice that due to the impact of strong winds in the early hours of the morning, the operation of Piers 1 and 2 has come to a complete halt, and it is expected that strong winds will continue throughout the day and most of the evening on the 15th.

The Rotterdam port in the Netherlands was also hit by strong winds in the late morning. For safety reasons, Rotterdam Port announced the cessation of operations at 11:00 am on April 15th. In addition, APM Terminals Maasvlakte II also closed operations at noon.

Dexun stated that it is expected that container transportation and ship operations will inevitably face delays in the remaining time of the 15th. The temporary suspension of these important ports in Europe undoubtedly poses significant challenges to the global supply chain.