Also in the Philippines the government placed half the country under an \u201cenhanced community quarantine\u201d in an effort to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The region of the capital Manila has effectively been locked down, with an impact on the logistics of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n In an \u201curgent appeal to cargo owners\u201d \u2013 a letter issued dd 27 March 2020 \u2013 the terminal operator ICTSI at Manila explains the current difficult situation in detail. In only two weeks time the number of containers on quay almost doubled. A high number of importers don\u2019t gate out the containers because of the lockdown. The situation is similar to the situation in Shanghai a few weeks ago and thus immediate action is required to avoid \u2018blocked\u2019 containers and huge extra costs.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Please contact our colleagues at Shipex for more information.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MARKET UPDATE ON SITUATION IN PHILIPPINES – CONGESTION OF MANILA PORT Also in the Philippines the government placed half the country under an \u201cenhanced community quarantine\u201d in an effort to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The region of the capital Manila has effectively been locked down, with an impact on the logistics of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
The terminal operator indicates that they \u201cwill come to a point when efficient operations will no longer be possible\u201d and request from consignees to \u201cwithdraw reefers immediately\u201d. The situation is critical and may affect operations at Manila port in the very short term. If containers on terminal keep increasing, terminals might not be able anymore to unload the arriving vessels.
Shipping line MAERSK informed us that they \u201ccannot discharge reefers unless customer will do immediate pickup\/direct to truck\u201d. They want to impose a congestion fee \u201cto recover the extra costs incurred\u201d. CMA CGM warned that if situation worsens they may require to make temporary storage arrangements. In a statement to customers the shipping line said that \u201cdue to recent developments in Manila, terminal operations and pick-up of inbound containers has been slow. Consequently, the yards in Manila are reaching full capacity, and most reefer plugs are already being occupied.” This means that they will probably stop containers in transshipment ports and only ship on feeders to Manila port once they confirm that vessels will be discharged: \u201cthis may involve diverting your cargo to another port location for interim storage\u201d. All related costs will be on merchant\u2019s account.
Carrier YANG MING already announced a booking stop to Manila last Friday: \u201cwe are forced to cancel all new bookings for export to the Philippines\u201d.<\/p>\r\n