Foreign trade and freight forwarders exporting to Manila, Philippines, please pay attention!
Affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, Manila, Philippines, announced a lockdown. This move also resulted in abnormal congestion at the Manila Port, with no one picking up goods and many containers stranded at the port, exceeding the limits of the port's capacity. The Philippine Ports Authority warned that if the port congestion situation cannot be effectively alleviated in the near future, the Manila port will likely be closed in the near future!
▼Media reports
It is understood that after the lockdown, businesses, including most banks, have stopped operating, making it difficult for importers to pay freight and find trucks to pick up goods at the port, resulting in a rapid increase in the number of containers stranded at the Port of Manila. Increase.
Jay Santiago, general manager of the Philippine Ports Authority, said companies usually retrieve about 4,000 containers from the Manila International Container Port every day, but since the blockade began, this number has dropped sharply to about 1,600. Currently, fourteen ships are waiting for berths or reefer plug-in slots at the Manila port, with another 25 expected to arrive this week. Although the government has called on all consignees, logistics merchants and other supply chain service providers to pick up goods from the port as soon as possible to alleviate the current congestion at the Manila Port, the effect has been minimal.
▼Philippine local TV news report
In order to cope with the current situation, the Philippine port transportation department has recently planned to issue a new policy. All goods unloaded from ships for more than one month need to leave the port area within 5 days. If the unloading time is less than one month, it needs to leave the port within 10 days. Otherwise, the above goods will be regarded as abandoned by the consignee, and the government will force them to deal with them and impose high fines!
Faced with the increasingly severe port congestion situation, shipping companies have also announced the addition of congestion surcharges! Yesterday, the shipping company ONE (Ocean Network) also announced that Manila in the Philippines and Chittagong in Bangladesh were severely blocked, and many reefer containers were in short supply. ONE would be able to transship goods at other ports. At the same time, ONE will impose a port congestion surcharge (CONGESTION SURCHARGE) of US$1,000 per container on all reefer containers entering Manila and Chittagong. ONE encourages customers to consider changing destinations to alternative ports, especially for time-sensitive cargo such as fresh refrigerated commodities.
▼ Shipping company notice
Here, we also ask all foreign trade and freight forwarders to tell each other that if you have exported to Manila, Philippines in the near future, please pay attention to the latest news and developments at the port in a timely manner, and remind the consignee to pick up the goods as soon as possible to avoid high fines!
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