by Manal Barakat, SeaNewsEditor

(AI-Translations): Português

Water levels in the Amazon River have continued to drop in recent weeks, prompting restrictive measures for cargo transport by sea.

Draft restrictions are usually implemented for cargo transport from and to the Port of Manaus, Brazil.

According to an advisory by French carrier CMA CGM, water level analyses suggest that navigability restrictions could commence in week 42 and could finish in week 52.

Consequently, the carrier announced implementing a Low Water Surcharge (LWS) "to ensure the continuity of service to and from the port" as of 1 September.

Similarly, carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have announced that they will apply the LWS starting on 19 August and 1 September, respectively.

Maersk further anticipates that the severity of the river's drought could lead to "river closure between weeks 44 and 46."

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