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“Port congestion is far from over, that much is clear”, reports internationally respected shipping analysts, Sea Intelligence.
The analysts have been tracking the effect of port congestion on shipping schedules. On the Asia to North America West Coast, in January to May 2021 a “staggering” 695 vessel arrivals...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/port-congestion-and-the-staggering-number-of-late-vessels/
Shipping Australia welcomes the news that industrial relations woes may be over (well, for now, at least) at one of our major container terminals.
DPW Australia earlier this week informed the industry that it had finalised its Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, that its terminals are operating normally and without berthing delays.
That is great news,...
Industrial action on the waterfront is causing increasing disruption to the movement of ships and the movement of vital goods upon which Australian families rely.
At least two ship voyages have been greatly delayed at huge cost.
A five day delay
A ship was due to call at Sydney earlier this week. It was faced with a five-day delay because of protected industrial action. The approximate cost of a day’s delay for a container ship can be about $25,000 a day. A five...
Shipping lines may soon face fines for delays in the unloading of import containers, which spawn congestion at ports, the leader of a truckers’ group said Monday, March 4.
Truckers, after delivering shipments to warehouses, are supposed to return empty container vans to the shipping lines. Several firms, however, do not have enough container yards, said Mary Zapata, president of the Aduana Business Club Inc.
This forces truckers to wait for days before they can unload the empty containers,...
https://container-news.com/shipping-lines-to-face-fines-for-delays/
According to Maersk’s announcement, the imports via Mombasa are delayed by 30 days or more for all Container lines calling, due to port constraints & vessel space limitation in Zanzibar.
Vessels across all carriers are experiencing the extended waiting time to berth to discharge/load cargo in Zanzibar.
Maersk says: “We are working closely with port authorities and we are doing our best to minimize the negative impact to you.”
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CMA CGM informs its customers that LIBERTY BRIDGE service vessels have been severely delayed due to bad weather crossing the Atlantic and congestion in both European and USEC ports experienced since the beginning of 2019.
In an effort to continue to bring its vessel rotations into line and to create schedule consistency, CMA CGM will be adjusting the schedule of the service, by sliding vessels position by one week, as follows:
https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-updates-liberty-bridge-service-schedule/
Hapag-Lloyd announced an update on the New York/New Jersey port terminal congestion and its delays in container handling currently experienced by all carriers.
The German company has been monitoring closely how the situation is developing and requesting updates on the corrective actions that terminals are implementing to alleviate its congestion and delays caused by a shortage in available labor, inclement weather and an unexpected volume surge.
Below are some of the more important actions that...
https://container-news.com/port-congestion-delays-ny-nj-port-apm-terminals-takes-measures/
M/V “Rio Blackwater” employed in Hapag-Lloyd’s AL4 Service under current voyage 007W will be delayed by approximately 14 days.
Owners of this charter vessel have just informed the German company that class regulations require urgent repairs relevant for the safety of crew, cargo and ship which need to be executed before the vessel will start her Atlantic crossing.
In an effort to minimize the impact on its customers’ cargo, Hapag-Lloyd will invest into the following recovery plan:
Maersk announces that the company experiencing a prolonged delay in its MED-LAM service. “Maersk Bali” is anchored in Port Said, Egypt.
“We are working to solve this and hope to have everything running soon”, the Danish giant said in its press release.
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