Packed Containers Piling Up At Asian Ports Because There's Too Much Demand From West Vincent Fernando, CFA Mar. 30, 2010, 6:16 AM Packed containers are piling up at Asian ports as strong demand from the U.S. and Europe causes a lack of supply of ships. Shipping companies had purposefully idled capacity during the economic downturn, then started to bring it back recently. Yet they didn't do it fast enough to keep up with the robust pick-up in demand from the West.[snip]