Judge: Hanjin cannot accept payment for stranded containers

Hanjin Shipping may not demand money from customers for the containers which never arrived and had to be transported by other parties, a US court has ruled in the wake of the collapse of the South Korean carrier.
Photo: Reed Saxon/AP/POLFOTO
Photo: Reed Saxon/AP/POLFOTO
BY NIKLAS KRIGSLUND

Hanjin may not demand payment for containers which never arrived at their destination, leading customers to hire other carriers to transport these containers, a judge at a US bankruptcy court has ruled after the collapse of the South Korean container carrier, writes the Journal of Commerce.

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