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The Philippines gateway of Manila has emerged as a new hot spot of reefer container congestion, as carriers stop unloading at the port.

In a message to customers, MSC said that there were now no available reefer plugs at the port as haulage collections of import containers had hampered by a city-wide lockdown set to run until mid-April at the earliest.

The port’s two container terminal operators are ICTSI and Asian Terminals, and in a letter last week to carriers, forwarders and ...

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  • WUDI789456

    February 02, 2021 at 9:13 am

    There is a lot of cargo at the terminal, and it’s really hard working there

  • Dawid Lisowski

    February 17, 2021 at 10:09 am

    manila container port would be one of the biggest in SE Asia