With Turkey’s largest port inactive, cargoes head to other terminals free of charge

Cargo owners who have already arrived in Turkey or are just a few days away from entering the country’s main port, Iskenderun, are being advised by shipping agencies to change their route to other destinations.

Many of these lines are not charging contractual fees for route changes.

The terminal is still paralyzed by the effects of the earthquake that hit the country on February 6; there is no forecast of when operations will resume, according to the project44 platform for monitoring global supply chains.

Many Brazilian commodities such as sugar, coffee, soy, tobacco, cellulose, and meat are on their way, including a shipment of live cattle, as reported by Money Times, but which should dock in Turkey in the first half of March.

Although trading companies control the majority of this activity, large companies and cooperatives do it directly, and the delay in unloading can have a cascading effect on the pace of purchases.

The container dwell time from the Port of Mersin, where many cargo loads are being redirected, returned to 3.15 days, close to the day before the quake, after almost doubling.

Source: Money Times

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