Problem
Ocean shipment delays
Other Names:
Inadequate sea transport facilities Nature:
Delays in shipping owing to unavailability of vessels, strikes, or port congestion, may cause excessive storage costs, food spoilage, exposure to weather, exposure to theft and pilfering, delays in overseas production or construction in the absence of materials; and, in the case of needed food, medical, or disaster relief shipments, even death.
Broader Problems:
Shipping riskInadequate marine servicesIrregular transport servicesDelays in international trade Narrower Problems:
Port delays Related Problems:
Unreliable river transport Values:
DelayInadequacy Subject(s):
Communication → CommunicationsOceanography → Seas
Societal Problems → Delay
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Transportation, Telecommunications → Handling
Transportation, Telecommunications → Shipping
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
23.10.2019 – 17:44 CEST