In this week’s issue 580 of the Sunday Spotlight, we revisited our analysis of the eventual normalisation of supply chains, and the potential ramifications on the flows of empty containers. The underlying data for this model comes from the Flexport Ocean Timeliness Indicator (OTI) data, which measures the time it takes from when the cargo is ready at the exporter until the importer takes delivery. Pre-pandemic, the transportation time was 45 days on average, peaking at a transportation time of 112 days in February 2022, which has since been reduced to 88 days, as per the measurement on 26th August 2022. (....)