350 million dollars in losses, shipping companies every week due to «Corona».
Abu Dhabi Chief Operating Officer and Regional Director of “Agility Logistics”, Mohamed Jaber, said that the spread of Corona Virus has led to a boom in maritime demand from India, as requests coming from India to UAE ports increased by 4% during the last period, pointing out that companies Shipping is losing about $ 350 million a week due to Corona, especially since many shipments from China are returning empty. Jaber added, in press statements on the sidelines of the fifth session of the “BrickBank Middle East 2020” conference and exhibition, which was launched today in Dubai, that although China is one of the most important trading partners of the UAE, the country’s ports have a great diversity in the options of shipping and commercial exchange, Consequently, a number of importers went to the demand from the Indian market for a lot of goods at the expense of China due to the spread of Coruna virus.