Unrest in Egypt – Possible delay in delivery
of Egypt-destined & transshipped cargoes

1 February 2011

Dear valued customers,

This is to advise you of the possible delay in delivery of the Egypt-destined and transshipped cargoes from both east and west bounds due to the on-going political unrest in Egypt.

The Suez Canal is operating normally; however, Egypt’s ports have shut down and cargo operations have been disrupted. We will have the vessels carrying Egypt-destined and transshipped cargoes skip Egypt’s ports and have the containers be discharged at alternative ports which we are arranging for both bounds shipments. These containers will be on-carried to Egypt’s terminals later upon port re-opening.

Definitely some delay is anticipated in delivery of Egypt-destined and transshipped cargoes although we are unable to say how long.

We will continue receiving new bookings for Egypt-destined and transshipped shipments, for which some additional charges might have to be collected for compensation of the extra costs due to this unavoidable situation.

We thank you for your kind understanding of this inconvenience.

We will keep you informed of further developments in due course.

Very truly yours,
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd

Hanjin Shipping