As mentioned in our previous newsletter, serious operational problems and delays at the Euromax, ECT Home and ECT Delta terminals in Rotterdam these past three weeks have caused both delays and short-shipments of cargo to and from the Baltic and Scandinavian countries.
The situation, which is caused by a lack of manpower and increased volumes, combined with delayed ocean liners, is causing peaks at terminals exceeding their capacity.
Consequently, we are experiencing delays beyond 36 hours as well as short-shipments on our Scandinavian and Baltic services, and the performance of the terminals has prevented us from maintaining our planned schedule, in spite of an immense effort on our part to always provide excellent service.
Accordingly, we have experienced a loss of revenue and we have been facing additional operational costs as a result of our vessels laying idle in Rotterdam for a longer period of time, extra fuel consumption and overtime costs in the wayports.
As these challenges are caused by external factors of which Unifeeder has no control, we cannot absorb the extra costs for feeder vessels arising from this unfortunate situation. Consequently, if this situation continues during the next weeks we will implement a congestion surcharge as from 1 August.
Please contact your local Unifeeder office to keep you updated on how the delays affect our various services.
