Singh is one small player in a perfect storm engulfing supply chains across the globe and particularly our region. Ports of Auckland (POAL) unload the equivalent of two-thirds of a Constantinos P container-load every day, but ships are still waiting an average of nine days at sea thanks to port issues around staffing, automation and an influx of goods. The Constantinos P is stretching Northport s facilities to the brink including using up half of the port s available berths and forcing drivers like Singh to spend hours twiddling their thumbs waiting for containers to be offloaded. Port of Tauranga is another alternative, but after more ships skipped the wait in Auckland by docking there the influx of traffic is causing congestion problems.