Analysis of Figures Shows How One Port Handled that Canal Blockage Problem
The Latter Day Suez Crisis Meant Careful Planning for Container Terminals
SPAIN – After the calamitous situation in the Suez Canal when the container ship
Ever Givenblocked all passage for a week last month, many will wonder how the problem of missed port slots and vessels queuing outside the harbours of the world has been managed.
One European port has now told how it has literally handled the situation. The Port of Valencia had to deal with ten ships stranded by the problem, with all arriving more or less simultaneously. This meant the requirement to turn al the vessels round between April 6 and 16, an exercise which involved the movement of 32,313 export and import containers.
Valenciaport is managing normally 32,313 containers affected by the Suez Canal blockage
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