Hamburg Süd - North Europe Port Congestion

July 16,2021

Vessels omitting Antwerp (NERA Sweeper) & Le Havre (NERA 3)

Dear valued Customer,

The recent un precedented situation of severe port congestions has resulted in accumulation of delays across services in our North European Network. This situation is driven by a combination of rapidly increased demand and measures to fight the pandemic across ports and supply chains in general.

As a result of the high yard density and exceptional waiting time for our vessels in the port of Antwerp, It has been decided on the NERA 2 SWEEPER (AE55) service to omit Antwerp and to induce Le Havre for the next 6 voyages. The affected Antwerp export volumes can be served on the NERA 3 service.

In effort to provide improved schedule reliability to our customers, it has been decided to consolidate the Antwerp call on the NERA 3 (AE6) service and to further omit Le Havre for the next 6 voyages. The affected Le Havre export volumes can be served on the NERA 2 SWEEPER service.

Vessels omitting Antwerp:

Vessels omitting Le Havre:

We aim to minimize the impact to our customers and will communicate any further changes separately in due course.

Your Brunoni Team