Zim signs long-term charter deals for ten new 11,500 teu ships
Israeli container shipping line Zim has announced long-term charters for a series of ten new ...
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With Bangladeshi factories remaining shut throughout this week, due to Eid-ul-Azha holidays, vessels are having to leave Chittagong port half empty owing to a lack of cargo.
The factories closed on June 26, and will only reopen this weekend.
But shipping executives said ships will not be fully laden until the end of next week, with factories requiring three to four days to produce goods.
Some agents have asked ships to wait at the outer anchorage of the port for two-to-three days in ...
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