Kindly be advised the due to high inventory and congestion at Chennai Port, Chennai Port Trust (CPT) has decided to regulate the flow of cargo movement in and out of the port to bring the situation back to normalcy.

 In effect, the following trade adjustments are being made:

·          Commencing 0600 hours from October 13, 2011 to 0600 hours, Oct 17, 2011 (both days included) all export movement would be stopped.  Focus will be on evacuation of the import containers at the yard.

·          All vessel operation will be stopped at both terminals at CPT on 13^th and 14^th October.

·          Consequentially, issue of FORM13 (Carting Order) will be stopped from 11^TH October.

The vessel berthing next week, however, is expected to be delayed due to the closure of the operations from the 13^th Oct 11 until the 17^th Oct 11.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to the situation at the Chennai Port, which is beyond the control of OOCL Line.