More Hanjin vessels offload cargo

Thirty-five of the 97 containerships operated by the now insolvent South Korean ocean carrier have completed cargo unloading, Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported Friday.    More Hanjin ships have been offloading cargo at various ports.
   The Marine Exchange of Southern California said it expected the Hanjin Jungil will arrive at Total Terminals International in Long Beach Friday afternoon to discharge containers and then proceed to Oakland.
   Meanwhile, the Hanjin Miami is unloading cargo at the Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, N.J. after circling off the U.S. East Coast for weeks. A spokesman for the Port of New York and New Jersey said the ship will be finished with cargo operations by midday Friday and will leave Maher at that time.
   In addition, the Hanjin Marine was scheduled to arrive in Seattle Friday, while the Hanjin Croatia was scheduled to arrive in Manzanillo, Mexico Friday as well, according to a customer advisory from Hanjin.
   Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported Friday that 35 of the 97 containerships operated by Hanjin have completed cargo unloading. Yonhap also quoted Yoo Il-hoo, the deputy minister at Korea’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance, as saying that during a visit to Hanjin’s terminal in Busan, “nearly 90 percent of Hanjin’s container carriers will finish their cargo offloading by end-October, and at the same time, the logistics disruption will come to an end.”
   Yoo said earlier this week that “ministries have been closely cooperating to absorb impact from the Hanjin shipping bankruptcy. We are committed to helping exporters proceed with their freight and have increased support for smaller shippers. Furthermore, the government will firmly stick to its restructuring support principle that financial support can only be provided when companies do their utmost to save their business.”