According to sources in Indian ports, the movement of all containers has stopped since the afternoon of Saturday, February 28, and although the exact number of container shipments affected has not been officially disclosed, information available from shipping lines indicates that the movement of at least 2,500-3000 containers may have been stopped in all major Indian ports
It has become known that 300 containers to be shipped to Middle Eastern ports are stuck at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) near Mumbai, and another 2,000 containers with cargo are stuck at the Mundra port in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the Indian Ministry of Commerce has called a meeting of exporters, shipping lines and freight forwarders on Monday (March 2) to assess the impact of the attack on Iran on India's trade flows.
The meeting will assess the rapidly escalating situation in the Middle East and its implications for shipping, freight rates and logistics corridors crucial to Indian trade, the government official said.
Exporters expressed concern that the conflict had disrupted trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, both key shipping routes.
