Mundra port as India's busiest container gateway, last month due to the impact of the hurricane disruption led to a large number of import and export cargo backlog, carriers have to constantly adjust the gate or cargo window, so that exporters and freight forwarders of the cargo plan more and more heavy.
these delays inevitably expose cargo owners to significant risk of charging additional port ground rent charges. The carrier then imposes a demurrage/demurrage fee on containers that exceed the equipment storage or return free time window.
In addition, facing heavy penalties for long-term stranded import boxes are often at risk of being abandoned by cargo parties, especially low-value goods.
Out of Mondra port trade confusion concerns, the Indian Container Shipping Association Container Shipping Lines Association (India) said that India's offshore ship scheduling has become a major challenge for airlines.
"the prevailing inefficiency has led to a substantial increase in vehicle dwell time, which has led to an increase in the cost of logistics for trade and industry in the country," said the Kandla Mundra Container Company Transport Welfare Association. According to the organization, vehicles often stand in long queues outside ports and face excessive turnaround delays when pushed into container freight stations (CFS) for box delivery and pickup.
Port truckers serving the Adani port's flagship entity, Mundra, have sent notices to airline leaders and government authorities requesting immediate coordinated intervention to alleviate land problems.
Truckers are demanding a review and streamlining of what they say are flawed practices in empty equipment allocation to improve cargo mobility.
figures show that last week railway operators in mundra stored a total of 14284 TEUs for various inland container depots (icd), almost double the normal stock level (about 8000 TEUs). Maersk said it had to close the gates early and divert some of the cargo on the B3A Halstead scheduled to depart from Mondra on July 25 to another route, BFAD Pacific, to reduce the impact of cargo accumulation.
However, Adani Ports said Adani Wharf has taken all necessary measures to prioritize the evacuation of containers, with a daily dispatch of 6000 TEUs, adding that all operations at Mondra Port have resumed normal and road and rail yard freight volumes are under control.
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