As the coronavirus pandemic and social lockdowns continue to hobble global supply chains, fears are mounting among forwarders and shippers that they could face escalating terminal storage and demurrage and detention (D&D) fees.
Their fears have grown more acute recently as goods ordered from Chinese exporters prior to the outbreak but couldn’t be loaded onto vessels during the country’s lockdown, are now on their way to European and North American importers.
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