News / Vietnamese shippers, forwarders and ports financially reeling from Hanjin fallout

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Vietnam’s shippers, freight forwarders and ports have been left reeling after the collapse of Hanjin Shipping.

A manager at now-defunct subsidiary Hanjin Vietnam told The Loadstar more than 3,000 Vietnamese containers were caught up in the crisis, including approximately 1,500 import boxes held up at origin ports; 400 held in sellers’ warehouses; and 1,300 export containers stranded in terminals or on Hanjin vessels.

Textiles, garments, furniture, footwear and fish are likely to make up the majority of the exports heading to the US or East ...