Maersk vessel forced to omit Cape Town as congestion mounts
The port of Cape Town is facing significant congestion, which is set to worsen this ...
The Chittagong port yards now have close to 40,000 teu of containers, mainly loaded with imports, piling up, following nearly a week of student protests that led to a highway blockade, curfew and internet restrictions.
And importers are facing huge demurrage charges for keeping containers at the port yards for more than four days – which they consider yet another blow after huge financial losses from factory closures and failures to ship goods on time.
According to a port official, importers can ...
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