Containers are taking about two days to move out of port facilities, whereas beforehand it was less than 24 hours, said Hector Fajardo, of the Central Transport Federation (Fetransca).Revisions of 100% of the import containers are generating delays and also affecting the output of export containers, added the official.

An article in Prensalibre.com notes, "Fajardo said that in the intervention decreed by the government, logistics and above all, the inspection times, were not planned for."

Source: prensalibre.com

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August 2012

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