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Affected By The Epidemic, Many Ports In India Are Closed. Over 50 Thousand Containers Remain!

2020/4/8 15:26:00 0

Mike Ryan, director of the emergency plan of the World Health Organization, said recently that although the United States has become a new "epicenter" of the new crown disease, in a sense, whether mankind can win a decisive victory against the new crown epidemic situation, The future depends largely on India's ability to control the virus.

Since March 25th, the Prime Minister of India, Modi, has announced a 21 day of sealing up the country. India's major ports have basically fallen into a "stop" state.

Foreign media coverage

According to the latest reports from foreign media, Due to the influence of covid19 virus, Truck drivers returned home Port Outage, Because no one is picking up the goods. Over 23 container terminals and private container terminals in Chennai, Kama Jalal and Kato Pali, more than 50 thousand shipping containers were not cleared. The major ports and cargo terminals are congested.

Due to the serious port of India's major ports and the sharp reduction in cargo volume, many shipping companies including Maersk, hplerot, COSCO, DAC and other shipping companies have announced targeted measures to implement the port jumping plan to reduce or stop harbors such as Gavaral Ni JNPT and Mondera (Mundra).

SeaIntelligence Consulting partner Lars Jensen said. If the situation in India port continues to deteriorate, the shipping company will have to turn over cargo at Colombo and so on, and reduce more booking and logistics services to India. In the near future, we must pay attention to foreign trade and freight forwarding friends who export to India.

To ensure the normal operation of the supply chain, India port has been listed as a basic service and remains open during the epidemic. However, due to the obstruction of cargo and the closure of shipping operations, delays in the operation of more and more ports in India have been announced. In order to deal with the current severe situation, India shipping administration has also issued a series of policies. On the one hand, it encourages the consignee to clear customs as soon as possible. On the other hand, it requires the port and shipping enterprises to avoid detention charges and other additional charges for imported goods.

Due to the impact of the epidemic on port productivity, Calcutta port is the latest force majeure port due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on port productivity. Therefore, before April 15, 2020, the port plan will exempt all types of cargo from demurrage and berth rental fees to make up for the loss of wharf's productivity.

With the increase in the number of 2019 coronavirus cases in India, the India government announced that the blockade began nationwide and will take effect from March 25, 2020 for a period of 21 days. The lockup period will be April 14, 2020. In view of this, the shipping company is aware that some shippers will temporarily suspend operations or face challenges in transport and document arrangement procedures, resulting in an interruption of imports. Ma Shiji and UAE shipping And ONE announced that the import container free period will be extended from March 22nd to April 14th. The notice is as follows:

Official Maersk notice