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Manila terminal chief urges owners to collect cargo as reefers pile up
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THE Philippines gateway of Manila is congested with reefer containers resulting in carriers discontinuing with unloading at the port.
MSC said in a message to customers that there were now no available reefer plugs at the port as haulage collections of import containers had been hampered by a city-wide lockdown set to run until mid-April at the earliest, according to UK's The Loadstar.
The port's two container terminal operators are ICTSI and Asian Terminals. In a letter last week to carriers, forwarders and shippers, ICTSI executive vice president Christian Gonzalez outlined the extent of the problem: "Unfortunately, we have now come to a point where it is becoming impossible to operate in an efficient manner."
He noted that on March 14 there were 22,043 TEU of imports in the terminal. On March 27 there were 36,793 TEU. "Containers are simply not being removed from the terminal," he said.
"Those who are able must please clear and remove your containers immediately," he wrote.
In response, CMA CGM has slapped a US$1,400 per reefer port congestion surcharge on shipments to Manila and Subic Bay ports and urged shippers whose cargo had arrived at Manila to arrange to pick it up "as soon as possible to avoid accumulating demurrage fees".
MSC said it had now reached a point where it was applying a 'suspension of carriage' clause and would have to unload reefer containers at other ports - it will advise shippers and their forwarders "where your container(s) may be collected".
MSC said in a message to customers that there were now no available reefer plugs at the port as haulage collections of import containers had been hampered by a city-wide lockdown set to run until mid-April at the earliest, according to UK's The Loadstar.
The port's two container terminal operators are ICTSI and Asian Terminals. In a letter last week to carriers, forwarders and shippers, ICTSI executive vice president Christian Gonzalez outlined the extent of the problem: "Unfortunately, we have now come to a point where it is becoming impossible to operate in an efficient manner."
He noted that on March 14 there were 22,043 TEU of imports in the terminal. On March 27 there were 36,793 TEU. "Containers are simply not being removed from the terminal," he said.
"Those who are able must please clear and remove your containers immediately," he wrote.
In response, CMA CGM has slapped a US$1,400 per reefer port congestion surcharge on shipments to Manila and Subic Bay ports and urged shippers whose cargo had arrived at Manila to arrange to pick it up "as soon as possible to avoid accumulating demurrage fees".
MSC said it had now reached a point where it was applying a 'suspension of carriage' clause and would have to unload reefer containers at other ports - it will advise shippers and their forwarders "where your container(s) may be collected".