Recently, from German port workers, British railway workers, Belgian union workers, Spanish truck drivers, to thousands of European airline employees, they have launched protests or strike actions. In August, protests will continue at Felixstowe Port, Liverpool’s Peel Port and railway workers, the UK’s largest container port. Waves of strikes in Europe’s sea, land and air transportation industries have led to port congestion and shutdowns and supply chain disruptions. Shipping schedules and delivery times will be further delayed.
A few days ago, South Korean shipping company Han Shin Shipping (HMM) issued an announcement stating that due to the increasing congestion at European terminals and the increase in detention time of imported containers, the yard utilization rate continues to increase and the workload is high, thus affecting the terminal’s operation, throughput and Resources are adversely affected. As a result, an increasing number of terminals are attempting to address the issue of long-delayed containers through a variety of measures, including moving containers to separate storage areas and/or implementing additional one-time and/or daily checks on imported long-delayed containers. TOLL.
Although HMM has raised concerns and rejections of these surcharges with the terminal, HMM also reminds customers to be prepared. If it is forced to accept any fees, it has no choice but to encourage customers to pick up import containers as soon as possible during the free period. to avoid these surcharges; otherwise, additional surcharges imposed by the terminal will simply be passed on to the customer. Due to the urgent nature of many charges, charges may be issued on short notice.
The following is an overview of fees and rules for each terminal. Fees remain in effect until further notice.
The recent frequent strikes in Europe and the United States have extended the original port congestion problem from the United States to Europe, including strikes and port congestion at the ports of Hamburg, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium, as well as strikes by rail workers at Felixstowe Port, Peel Port, and nationwide in the United Kingdom in August. . Europe’s major ports can no longer withstand the torment, and these strikes have largely led to the basic paralysis of cargo handling at major ports such as Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven. Although there is no strike at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, due to the transfer of cargo from Hamburg, Antwerp and other blocked ports, the port is also relatively busy, and the waiting time for ships to enter the port is lengthened.
In June, the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, was in emergency. The port faced a large backlog of empty containers, which made many people in the European shipping industry deeply anxious. Reports show that more than 2% of global shipping capacity was at a standstill in the North Sea in June. There is no end in sight to container shipping congestion in early July, and port congestion in other regions is also intensifying. The vessels were unable to load or unload cargo due to unusually long congestion.
Attention foreign trade and freight forwarders who have recently shipped goods to Europe! Pay attention to the shipping schedules of major ports and the utilization rate of terminals to avoid unnecessary losses.
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