Push for higher freight rates delays mineral shipping

• Autores: Davide Ghilotti, Yoke Wong
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 590, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Febrero)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • [...]we had to ship at $1,000/container rather than $700/container," he added. "Many cargoes which were booked by intermediaries are now stuck, not moving because the container companies, while they accepted the lower rates some time ago, are just placing low paying cargo at the back of the queue and telling the cargo owners/shippers, ' sorry no empty containers' or 'no shipping space available'," the second trader said. According to a statement by the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau released on 21 December, the government also conducted anti-pollution inspections on 473 companies, including cement producers. According to Tianjin port, about 130 vessels passed through the port between 16-18 December, with cargo throughput at 1.99m tonnes.