Vietnam's Haiphong Port
Foreign shipping lines have been left at sea by unclear liquidation procedures for abandoned containers at Vietnam’s ports.
“Retarded liquidation of goods has caused huge losses to us as we have to pay high leasing costs for these containers. We have to pay storage charge of $1.6 and $2.4 per day for a 20-foot container and a 40-foot container respectively. We also have to pay a daily p1er diem of $1-3 for each container,” said the Maersk Vietnam’s general director. “Abandoned cargoes are one of the big issues of many shipping lines in Vietnam today.”
Maersk is not the only carrier facing the problem. … By last August, 6,651 containers were left at Haiphong port without any onwership declared.