It is clear that the carriers want to avoid the problems at the West Coast, Hamburg Sued reacts as per below:
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PACE via WAMS – Booking Stop for OAK
Hamburg, 20th January 2015
Dear valued customer,
With port congestion in Southern California caused by labour actions continuing to impact the schedule reliability of our services to US West Coast, it has been decided to stop bookings to OAK on WAMS with immediate effect until further notice.
For further updates regarding delays please check our schedules and regular Port and Terminal updates send out.
Further information can be obtained from your local Hamburg Süd and Aliança Offices.
Contact details can be found:
www.hamburgsud-line.com/offices
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