The major flooding across Pakistan has seen up to 7,000 containers stranded on the road between Karachi and Chaman (pictured), on the Afghan border, south-east of Kandahar, but shipping lines have not waived their detention & demurrage (D&D) charges.
Many trucks were carrying empties being returned to the carriers, but as the free rental time on the boxes ended, the D&D charges kicked in and the lines started to see the …
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