From Georgia to Latvia. In what ports were American cars that were bought before the war

"Containers with cars from the United States were usually unloaded on Ukrainian CTO terminals, Brooklyn Kyiv and European terminal (all - Odesa), TIS (South) and Fish Port (Chernomorsk)," the article "Thousands of Americans and 800 Koreans. What happened to used cars that Ukrainians ordered from the US and Korea on the eve of the war, which was published in HB business. All of these ports have stopped the receipt of imported goods with the outbreak of the war.

Therefore, the Americans went to other countries. “The main ports where the cars now come are Bremenhafen (Germany) and Klaipeda (Lithuania). But the containers also went out in Pot (Georgia), Constantz (Romania), ”says Viktor Berestenko, President of the Association of International Espeditors of Ukraine. W8 Shipping adds that the containers were initially redirected and unloaded in various ports, both in transit and final - in Gdin, Batumi, Pots, Constantine. “Europe later took on Europe.

This is the Port of Klaipedi and Gdin. Some navigable lines have long decided where to redirect containers. There are cases of prolonged downtime in transit ports. We are now waiting for a large flow of containers to Gdynia, which stood for a long time in Turkey, ”W8 Shipping explained the delay in the delivery of some of the cars. Other participants in the market of used cars also mention the Greek port of Pirae.

Because of this, car logistics from the US and Canada to Ukraine has grown up and has become longer. All interlocutors of NV business say that the infrastructure of foreign ports and their employees were not ready for the processing of so many goods for Ukraine. “They were paralyzed and could not promptly process the entire cargo, so customers were faced with additional payments.