Inchon CY jam-packed

The Port of Inchon has been suffering from container cargo congestion.
September 25, Inchon Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries revealed container handling in the Port of Inchon during the first 8 months this year amounted to 485,210 TEU, a sizable increase of 16% over the same period of last year, 419,561 TEU. The increase led the fourth wharf container yard to virtually burst with over 17,000 TEUs, preventing efficient stevedoring with containers stacked four to five high.
The massive congestion started when foreign shipping lines such as Maersk Sealnd launched additional container services calling at the Port of Inchon last April, calling into doubt the ability of the Port of Inchon to meet its goal to handle 1 million TEU annually. Exacerbating the situation, narrow entrances to the rear of the container rear yards and out of date stevedoring facilities thwart any hope of a quick resolution to the problem.
The Port of Inchon handles 1.81 TEU per square meter, as much as 3.7 to 9.5 times higher than Singapore (0.19 TEU/square meter), Kaohsiung (0.38 TEU/square meter) and Shanghai (0.48 TEU/square meter).
Individual container crane handling abilities, 67,000 TEU, however, fall behind Kaohsiung (125,660 TEU), Singapore (131,950 TEU), and Shanghai (243,610 TEU).
Inchon Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries found that 22% of shippers keep containers in the CY for over 30 days to save on bonded warehouse fees.
To solve the congestion problem, Inchon Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries converted 11,800 square meters of road to use as container yard space for another 700 TEU. It is also planning a way for shippers to remove long?term cargoes.