{"id":5509,"date":"2020-03-05T15:57:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/2020\/03\/05\/coronavirus-severely-affects-maritime-transport\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:57:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:57:52","slug":"coronavirus-severely-affects-maritime-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/2020\/03\/05\/coronavirus-severely-affects-maritime-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus severely affects maritime transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[A few days into March and we are still in the process of digesting everything that happened with the coronavirus in February.<br \/>\nSpain has found itself immersed in a sanitary crisis in transport and especially in maritime transport.<br \/>\nIn addition, to this we must add the change in the presidency of Puertos del Estado.<br \/>\nToday in     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/\">Asmen<\/a><\/a>  let&#8217;s review all these changes and what they will bring about in our transportation sector:  <\/p>\n<h2>Coronavirus severely affects maritime transport<\/h2>\n<p>  February 2020 will go down in history for this serious situation in terms of health that has hit especially the transport by sea.<br \/>\nIn particular, the cruise ship<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadenadesuministro.es\/noticias\/progresan-las-labores-de-evacuacion-del-crucero-diamond-princess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Diamond Princess<\/a>&#8216; was in the news for weeks for having the largest outbreak outside China.<br \/>\nCLIA had to reinforce its protocols to ensure the safety of passengers and crew.<br \/>\nAnother shipping company of the stature of MSC also implemented its own measures to try to mitigate the contagions.<br \/>\nWhile you are still wondering if it is really that bad, the valencia express courier is in general alarm that has led to stop scales and routes.<br \/>\nThe active fleet is down and this has caused a domino effect on container transport.<br \/>\nAlphaliner estimates the losses at more than six million (0.7% per year).<br \/>\nAnd you wonder &#8230;.         <\/p>\n<h2>How does this affect me?<\/h2>\n<p>  Well, you may see its impact on everything related to.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/pymes-proveedor-logistico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logistics<\/a> of:   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automotive<\/li>\n<li>Electronics<\/li>\n<li>Processed food and beverages<\/li>\n<li>Other goods leaving the affected area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  The most experts in the sector predict that by May\/June the effects of this sanitary crisis can be evaluated.<br \/>\nWe will see it especially in multinationals whose suppliers come from China, as they will have serious problems of shortages.<br \/>\nAnesco thinks that in our country the ports will suffer the most, reducing traffic and losing important sums of money.    <\/p>\n<h3>The industry foresees more changes and developments in ports<\/h3>\n<p>  The employers have sent a warning message about the slow growth of traffic in Spain.<br \/>\nThe authorities must take measures to enhance the competitiveness of Spanish ports, among which is a lowering of rates.<br \/>\nBoth employers and PIPE are in favor of this measure, which will affect the valencia express parcel service.<br \/>\nBut in the same period of time, Francisco Toledo has been appointed as the new President of Puertos del Estado.<br \/>\nAmong his first measures, the development of an open, integrated and collaborative technological platform in the &#8216;Simple Project&#8217; stands out.<br \/>\nAs a result, an agreement has been signed that establishes the coordination criteria to be followed by the maritime authorities in the event of an emergency (such as the coronavirus).       <\/p>\n<h2>The Port of Valencia<\/h2>\n<p>  Courier companies in Valencia know that the port of Valencia stands out among all the Spanish ports along with the port of Algeciras. It is one of the main European container ports and moved a whopping 5.4 million containers in 2019. It was pending to make changes such as a new terminal to expand the northern area and it has already been approved by the City Council. The next move will be the &#8216;Environmental Impact Statement&#8217;, where MSC has claimed to allocate a large investment[:].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[A few days into March and we are still in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-logistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}