物流巴巴了解到,路透洛杉磯9月10日消息,碼頭工人周六開始卸下已宣告破產(chǎn)的韓進海運(Hanjin Shipping)(117930.KS)集裝箱船上的家具、服飾及其它船貨,數(shù)十艘開往美國西海岸船只的物流困境因而開始獲得解決。
工會官員表示,集裝箱船Hanjin Greece周六早上停泊在加州長灘港,工人開始卸下交運給美國零售商的集裝箱。
但韓進的航運危機恐怕不是一時半刻就能解決。多位官員表示,韓進的各艘船只在靠港前,港口運營業(yè)者、船貨所有人、碼頭工人、托運人等各方必須先與韓進達成財務(wù)協(xié)議。
根據(jù)追蹤船只交通狀況的Marine Exchange of Southern California資料,另外兩艘韓進的船只在長灘港外下錨,但到周六中午為止還未接獲靠港指示。工會官員表示,另有九艘船只還在太平洋上。
全球約有價值140億美元船貨卡在韓進海運船只上,因各大港口、拖船業(yè)者及貨物處理業(yè)者拒絕為韓進提供相關(guān)服務(wù)。
韓進希臘號美國長灘卸貨原文
Stranded Hanjin Cargo Ship Finally Begins Unloading in U.S.
Hanjin Shipping found at least temporary reprieve off the coast of California Saturday, as the Korean giant fights worldwide against creditors seizing its assets out of worry that Hanjin won’t be able to pay its bills.
Hanjin Greece, which has been at sea since leaving Busan on Aug. 21, began unloading its cargo of clothing, electronics, furniture, and plastics goods at the Port of Long Beach on Saturday, according to ABC News.
That came after a U.S. Bankruptcy court in New Jersey allowed Hanjin to dock without having its assets seized in the country Friday, while Korean bankruptcy courts allowed Hanjin to spend $10 million to unload Hanjin Greece among others. At the end of August, Hanjin filed for bankruptcy protection with a Korean district court, and had its assets frozen.
“This is good news for cargo owners and American consumers, just in time for the holiday shopping season,” Noel Hacegaba, the port’s chief commercial officer, said in a statement to ABC.
The ship is expected to leave after unloading. It’s not been announced when the two other ships currently of the coast of California, Hanjin Montevideo and Hanjin Boston, will be unloaded, the LA Times reported. In the three ships, there are millions in cargo bound for big retailers including Walmart and J.C. Penney.
It’s also a glimmer of hope for Hanjin, which has been facing gridlocks in ports around the world amid uncertainty about who would pay docking, container-storage, and unloading fees.
More than half of the companies vessels, 86 as of Wednesday, are still stranded as port authorities and services block the ships from docking for fear they won’t be paid. Other vessels have been seized by creditors. The vessels have been said to contain around $14.5 billion in goods.
Hanjin has plans to pursue legal action in about 10 countries, and later expand it to 43 jurisdictions, Reuters reported.
Hanjin Shipping’s parent company, Hanjin Group, announced plans to raise $90.46 million to fund cargo ship unloadings around the world. Though that still falls short of the estimated $543 million needed to help unload all of its vessels currently at sea, ABC reported.