the French people are on strike again, it seems that France is either in the stormy waves of the general strike or in the throes after the general strike. Since the beginning of this year, many rounds of strikes have broken out in many parts of France. There was a national strike at the end of March last week, and the protests in some areas were "out of control".

and the next nationwide strike is reported to be held on April 6-7. The rotating strike has seriously affected the normal operation of aviation, railways and ports. Maersk Releases Latest Customer Information on Operation Impact of French National Strike.

On April 3, Maersk announced that in order to ensure the normal operation of the customer supply chain, in view of the current situation in France, Maersk provides customers with business relief plans to minimize the impact on the supply chain.

With the exception of Le Havre, all terminals for combined demurrage, demurrage and storage charges will be invoiced directly to customers for storage charges and will cease imports and exports for the following days:

March 7-8

March 21-22

March 27, 28, 29

April 6-7

For SPOT and Twill export goods from France, Maersk will be exempted from booking and booking and modification fees. Modifications of shipped goods will be repriced according to the usual procedures.

if the change is related to the strike situation, customers who wish to change the shipping destination will not have to pay the usual COD (destination change) fee. In this case, the new sea freight rate will apply and any additional costs incurred at the terminal (e. g. re-stowage) will be charged as usual.

Portuguese railway and aviation staff strike, traffic travel affected

Not only France but Portugal have also been on strike recently. A large number of trains and flights have been canceled.

On April 3, local time, Portuguese railway company workers held a strike action, resulting in the cancellation of a large number of train trains. According to Portuguese state news agency Lusa, as of 18:00 on the 3rd, 193 of the 1087 trains planned to be sent on that day had been canceled, with an cancellation rate of 17.8%.

According to local media reports, railway workers demanded higher wages, improved working environment and enhanced personnel safety. The strike began at the beginning of this month and is expected to continue until the end of April.

In addition, according to the Portuguese National Civil Aviation Crew Union, due to the deadlock in negotiations with the company, the crew of EasyJet has launched a strike in various parts of Portugal since the 1st of this month. The strike has lasted for three days. According to the information provided on the official websites of several airports in Portugal, many flights carried by easyJet have been canceled.

Finally, I would like to remind foreign traders who have recently shipped to Europe, France, Portugal and other countries to keep abreast of the latest situation and pay attention to the impact of delays.

Source: Ningbo Shipping