MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Co (MSC) is offering a 'suspension of transit' service to customers exporting
from China, to enable shippers to store containers at a number of
transshipment hubs across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas
in order to avoid higher storage charges at ports of discharge.
"The programme builds on MSC's ongoing
efforts to ensure business continuity and the maintenance of vital
container carriage services, such as the movement of food, fresh
produce, medical equipment and other essential goods. The new suspension
of transit initiative is focused in particular on a resumption of
demand of a wide variety of goods from Asia," MSC said in a statement,
reported UK's Lloyd's List.
While "positive signs of recovery" have started to emerge in Asia and
factories have resumed production in China, major ports of destination
may still not be ready to discharge containers, MSC warned.
The programme will fulfil the resuming demand for raw materials and
finished products from Asia by providing yard storage at major points
around the world, including Bremerhaven in Germany, Busan in South
Korea, King Abdullah port in Saudi Arabia, Lome in Togo, Rodman PSA
Panama International Terminal in Panama, and Tekirdag Asyaport in
Turkey.
MSC said it would help customers control costs by avoiding expensive warehousing, demurrage and per diem costs.
"It will also free up space at origin factories and warehouses and avoid
excess inventory at site, bringing cargo closer to destination markets
and alleviating the risk of congestion or closure at ports of
discharge," MSC said.
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