Affected by the outbreak, several ports in India have been closed! More than 50,000 containers are stranded!

; Since March 25th, when Indian Prime Minister Naodi announced a 21-day state of closure, India's major ports have been largely in a state of "pause"! According to the latest reports in foreign media, due to the impact of the covid19 virus, truck drivers have returned home, port suspension, due to no pick-up, in Chennai, Cama Jalal and Katupari and other places of 23 container terminals and private container terminals, more than 50,000 sea containers have not been cleared, major ports and freight terminals are congested! Due to the current severity of the port, coupled with a sharp decline in cargo volumes, a number of shipping companies, including Maersk, Khberot, COSCO Shipping and Dafei Ships, have also announced targeted initiatives to implement a port-hopping scheme to reduce or stop the port of Gavalar Nehru (JNPT) and Mundra.
Lars Jensen, a partner at SeaIntelligence Consulting, said that if conditions at Indian ports continued to deteriorate, shipping companies would have to unload at transit locations such as Colombo and reduce booking and logistics services to India.
recently have exported to India's foreign trade, cargo friends must pay attention to! In order to ensure the proper functioning of the supply chain, Indian ports have been classified as essential services and remained open during the outbreak.
, however, a growing number of Indian ports have declared their operations force majeed due to delays caused by cargo disruption and ship operations being blocked.
In response to the current severe situation, the General Administration of Shipping of India has also issued a series of policies, on the one hand, to encourage consceivers to clear customs as soon as possible, on the other hand, to require ports, shipping companies for imported goods free of container over-use fees (detentions), and other additional charges.
port of Kolkata is the latest port to become force majeed due to the impact of the outbreak on port productivity.
, the port plans to waive detay and berth rental fees for all types of goods by 15 April 2020 to compensate for the decline in terminal productivity.
as the number of cases of coronavirus in India increased in 2019, the Indian government announced a nationwide blockade, effective March 25, 2020 for 21 days.
until 14 April 2020.
this, shipping companies are aware that some cargo owners will temporarily cease operations during this period or face shipping and documentation procedures, resulting in import disruptions.
Maersk, UAE Shipping and ONE announced that they will extend the free period for imported containers from March 22 to April 14.
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