Logistics crisis: Public and private sectors prepare actions to minimize impact

In order to mitigate the damage caused by the global logistics crisis due to the limited availability of containers and the increase in freight prices, the Association of Exporters (ADEX), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), the Association Marítima del Perú (Asmarpe) and the National Port Authority (APN) met to propose a series of actions in favor of the sector’s competitiveness.

The president of the union, Erik Fischer Llanos, highlighted the importance of work private publicBecause in the face of the international crisis, in which Peru has little management capacity to solve it, a scheme is necessary where risks and other expenses that are charged to users can be reduced or avoided.

He explained that throughout the Logistic chain There are areas for improvement that could be addressed in order to resolve the factors that cause the loss of business competitiveness. One of them is the ‘role playing’ of export cargo (shipping companies and operators change ships), which causes delays in shipments and the consequent loss of markets due to the inability to ship the products in a timely manner.

“The fact of having warehouses full of immobilized merchandise is added, affecting the financial aspects with immobilized capital. This results in customers looking for closer suppliers“, said.

During the meeting, other problems were also discussed, such as the lack of appropriate or effective practices in cargo handling, since ships can arrive on a certain day, but operators send trucks days in advance, causing queues, therefore that this process should be improved in order to make it more efficient.

In turn, the vice minister of Mincetur, Diego Llosa, reported that his portfolio coordinates with representatives of the Foreign Ministry and experts from other organizations, with whom they address the concerns of all users with service providers.

In that sense, he congratulated the initiative of ADEX for holding virtual forums in which industry experts speak about the current shipping crisis, which has allowed us to collect valuable information from all those involved.

Fischer Llanos proposed to do a job of detecting operational practices that could be improved, as well as organizing a new talk in conjunction with Asmarpe, with a view to publicizing all the tools that exist and thus avoiding unnecessary costs, either due to operator management or ignorance.

“Additionally, we will manage a meeting with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Mincetur to support the various efforts that contribute to specifying the improvements in the operating systems “, he pointed.

The representatives of the institutions participating in the meeting expressed their interest in supporting initiatives that seek to reduce cost overruns and make Peruvian foreign trade more competitive.