3000 containers trapped in Rotterdam following Hanjin's collapse

The ECT terminal in Europe's biggest port, Rotterdam, now demands several thousand euro for handing over Hanjin containers to their recipients. Even though a Dutch port has just sided with the country's shippers and ruled that this is not allowed.
Photo: Hanjin
Photo: Hanjin
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN

3,000 containers with Hanjin's logo stamped on the side are currently waiting in the ECT terminal in Rotterdam. Some are filled with goods which need to be transported on to customers elsewhere in the world, while a majority of the containers are waiting to reach customers in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe where stockpiles are now being filled ahead of the Christmas shopping season.

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