News / US furniture shipper facing million-dollar post-Hanjin tab for stranded goods and container storage

Shippers and forwarders in the US, reeling in the aftermath of Hanjin Shipping’s bankruptcy, have returned to court requesting that the line release stranded containers.

Schenker Ocean, the US non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) subsidiary of German giant DB Schenker, delivered a motion to the bankruptcy court in New Jersey complaining that despite having paid Hanjin the full freight rate, some 46 containers continue to be held by the shipping line, which is demanding that the logistics provider stump up nearly $1m ...