COVID-19 Update

March 25, 2020
 
At Crane Worldwide Logistics we are continuing to provide services to our clients and communities in need during the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. Supply chain is considered an essential service and critical to support the infrastructure for our communities. Guidelines are in place and we are following all recommendations set forth by government agencies and health organizations at all of our facilities. We have warehouse space available, ground transportation options globally and are continuing to book air charters and fill space on ocean carriers, reach out to your dedicated sales representative if we can assist. 
 
Below are updates on operations and carriers regarding COVID-19 impacts. The new updates for today are highlighted. There are several updates in the ocean, air and country section on the current situation in India.  
 
Ocean Operations

• As the World's Borders Close, crew changes become a serious challenge. Maersk line suspended all crew changes aboard container ships through April 14, the company said on Tuesday. Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Canada, Denmark and the 27 nations of the European Union have temporarily closed their external borders to most foreign nationals, and the list is growing rapidly.
• The world’s biggest shipowner and seafarer bodies are calling for seafarers to be exempt from national travel bans, while the head of the International Maritime Organization has called for pragmatism in dealing with crew changeovers.

• India’s officials just announced a 21 days lockdown until April 14 for the entire country.
• Inbound containers have been unloaded, but are being kept in the port area, port to CFS and CFS to port operations may resume on April 1.
• Limited number of officers are available in Customs CFS, ICDS and Ports.
• CFS in India are closed.  
• All ports and CFSs in most locations are functional and productivity is normal, berthing of some vessels is getting delayed due to quarantine requirements of Port Health Office. We are expecting to see more restrictions applied due to the new mandatory lockdown.
• So far no blank sailing has been announced by carriers. There is a delays in new booking release, MBL release and Import DO Issuance
• Space availability from India Sub and Middle East to Asia is challenging. There has been a significant increase in rates.

• Ocean carriers in the USA are asking for payments to be made electronically instead of checks.
• All terminals are open and most are working under normal hours. Some terminals are working at reduced hours due to low volume.
• Equipment availability is still challenging especially in some inland locations.
• Due to low import volume exporters have been dealing scarcity of empty containers for weeks.
• In summary, ocean shipments to and from the US are still moving. Ports are being asked to remain open in support of the supply chains of Pharmaceuticals and food stuffs. Ocean carriers are still trying to provide weekly sailings in order to keep these supply chains open, however they are indicating that they may have to phase vessels out of rotation due to substantial operational loses incurred on near empty, or empty sailings over the past several weeks.
• GRI from U.S. is expected to go into effect on April 01st from ports from inland origins due to limited equipment supply.
• Space availability is still an issue.
• Free time requests are starting to become restricted globally. Existing free times are being honored so far.

• China now has 14 days minimum travel restrictions for ships and crews coming from worst-hit countries

• China’s ocean operation is back to normal.
• Shanghai has begun to allow crew changes as China increases efforts to relieve seafarers stranded on ships due to the coronavirus outbreak.
• Australian ports also require any inbound vessel to travel at minimum of 14 days. Maritime Safety Queensland has eased its entry restrictions to allow all vessels to call the port of Brisbane except those from China and South Korea.
• Space remains tight as additional void sailings are announced by ocean carriers.
• 10 additional blank sailings are announced by the 3 alliances between week 13 and 18. Total of
• 82 blank sailings from Asia to US West Coast from early February to early April. New York /New
• Jersey will experience 20 blank sailings on March and April.
• Blank sailings are expected to decrease by end of Apr.
• TPEB rates increased on March 15. Additional GRI are expected to go into effect on April 01st. There has been an increase in spot rates.
• Wuhan operations is still closed. Expected return date is unknown at this time.
• Advanced bookings are still recommended for all trade lanes.
• Additional fees are expected to apply by ocean carriers into and out of China.
• Ocean carriers are starting to cancel additional reefer surcharge in China. Carriers previously announced an additional surcharge for all reefer containers due to heavy congestion and lack of plugs.
• Philippines is under enhanced community quarantine until April 13. Ports are reportedly fully operational but with skeleton crew. Restrictions are being applied to truckers as they need to get ID from government.

• Ports and offices are working normal hours.
• There are slight delays in Intermodal (rail) services due to backlog from February Blockades/shutdown. The situation is being monitored closely.
• Equipment availability is not a concern at this time.
• Drayage and trucking operations is running smoothly.

• Space and equipment shortages are being reported in all locations.
• Factories are slower in production.
• Atlantic trade is still relatively stable.
• Rate increased announced for export to North America and Mexico.
• In Italy, Genoa port terminal announced to reduce number of staff and operations all
• depending on volume. Some carriers announced to move their fleet to La Spezia port for the time being. Trucking costs are expected to increase also.
• Other Italian ports are exempted from lockdown and remain operational.
• Ports in Spain are working with limited hours but fully operational.
• There is no report of any port closure at the moment.
• Trucking shortages are being reported in and out of effected countries.
• There is a mandatory 14 days quarantine implemented in some countries for truckers coming from Italy.

• Ports and operations are running smoothly with normal hours. 
• Due to transitioning of market rate increase in expected for service to Asia in coming weeks.
• Service to US and Europe is running smoothly with no significant issue. Most vessels are reportedly moving full.

• India Ports (Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Pipavav, Chennai and Calcutta) are operational with limited staff
• Prince Rupert – normal
• Vancouver – normal
• Montreal - normal
• Halifax – normal
• Seattle – Terminal 18 closed Friday due to low volume.  Terminal 30 normal.
• Tacoma – Pierce County terminal closed March 24 due to low volumes, Washington United terminal only open from 8am to 4pm until further notice.  All other terminals normal.
• Oakland – normal
• Los Angeles/Long Beach: Today 3/24 - APMT closed today, YTI 2^nd shift closed today. 
  Wednesday 3/25 – Pier A 1^st shift closed. Thursday 3/26 – FMS and APMT closed, WBCT and YTI 1^st shift closed, PCT/ITS/Everport 2^nd shift closed.
• Houston – normal 
• New Orleans - normal
• Mobile – normal
• Tampa – normal
• Miami – normal
• Port Everglades – normal
• Jacksonville – normal
• Savannah – normal
• Charleston – normal
• Norfolk – normal
• Baltimore – Seagirt Marine Terminal: Closed Monday, 3/30 and Tuesday, 3/31. Import container free time extended for the all-day closures but exports must be returned before these dates.
• Philadelphia – normal
• New York and New Jersey – normal 
• Boston – normal
• Rotterdam – normal
• Hamburg – normal
• Antwerp – normal
• Le Havre – normal
• Felixstowe – normal

• Aero Mexico does not have any disruptions at this time.
• Air Asia cancelled all flights until March 31. 

• Air Bridge Cargo - is suspending flight operations in and of IAH/DFW/LAX until further notice.  The initial April schedule did show LAX/ORD/AMS at 3x/week, but the in the final schedule the decision has been taken to suspend LAX flights and close the LAX office as of March 31. 
• Air Canada is adding freighters from YYZ-FRA & PVG and offering charter using the idle passenger Aircrafts 777’s & 787.Suspends all flights from YYZ to both FCO/MXP until further notice. Extends flight cancelation into Asia and now in addition to Italy now adding flight to TLV as of March 17 through March 31.
• Air Corsica cancels all scheduled flights for next 15 days beginning March 18.  A minimum program is triggered on the 12 public service routes in consultation with the Executive Council of Corsica, in order to maintain Territorial Continuity for the benefit of people with imperative travel needs as well as for the transport of freight, medical and blood samples.
• Air France/KLM plans to continue operations to Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA) and Washington (IAD). from March 14 to March 22. KLM will operate to most destinations in the US with reduced capacity through March 22. KL Flights to Las Vegas (LAS), Minneapolis (MSP), Houston (IAH) and Boston (BOS) are suspended up to and including 28 March.AF Flights to Houston (IAH) and Seattle (SEA) are suspended. AF-KL – LATAM-PTY Lima (LIM), Buenos Aires (EZE) and Santiago de 
  Chile (SCL) KLM flights are suspended up to and including March 28. AF flights to Lima (LIM) and Buenos Aires (EZE) are suspended from 16 March 2020. KLM flights to Panama (PTY) are suspended up to and including 28 March.  AF flights to Panama (PTY) operate with reduced capacity. Suspended flights to and from Italy through April. All flights to/from Shanghai (PVG) and Beijing (PEK) have been suspended up to and including March 15.  AF/KLM will gradually resume operations and a normal flight schedule should be resumed March 29. Freighters will continue per schedule. 
• Air India canceled flights from UK-EU into India, including citizens trying to return home. Flights to Italy, France, South Korean, Kuwait, Spain and Sri Lanka were suspended until April 30.
• Aer Lingus cancelled LAX –DUB until further notice SEA will cancel at the end of March. 
• Air Moldova suspends all scheduled flights until April 1.
• Air New Zealand will be suspending long haul flights by 85% effective March 30,2020 and June 30,2020 with the exception of AKL/HKG & AKL/LAX . They will also cancel effective March 20^th LAX-LHR Through June 30, 2020.Reducing trans-Tasman capacity by 80 per cent and suspending 13 Australian routes, the changes will take effect from March 30 to June 30. They will suspend flights between Auckland and Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Tokyo Narita, Honolulu, Denpasar and Taipei beginning March 20 through June 30. It is also suspending its London-Los Angeles service from March 20 through June 30. Tasman and Pacific Island network capacity will reduce between April and June. On the Domestic network capacity will be reduced by 30% in April and May but no routes will be suspended. 
• Air Transat suspends all flights through to 30 April
• American Airlines has implemented a peak season surcharge due to COVID-19 which will apply to new bookings after March 17, it doesn’t apply to shipments to and from Brazil. Please review their news release for their updated schedule. 
• Africa cancelled all African airlines scheduled flights to China except for Ethiopian Airlines.
• Argentina banned international passenger flights from COVID-19 affected countries including all of Europe, United States, South Korea, Japan, China and Iran, the decree will be in place for 30 days.
• Bolivia is suspending all international flights as a response to the government closing the borders to non-residents.
• British Airways – cancelled operations between IAH-LHR until further notice. Ceased operations into Shanghai and Beijing and pulled any existing crew. Cancelled all flights from London City airport from March 23.
• Brussels Airlines will suspend all flights from March 21 to April 19.
• Bulgaria banned entry on its territory of citizens from 15 countries with large coronavirus outbreaks, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Switzerland beginning March 18.
• Cabo Verde Airlines suspends all operations for at least 30 days beginning March 18.
• Copa Airlines plans to ground more than 80% of its fleet in coming days.
• Cargolux will have an impact on the following flights to and from China; Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Beijing, Xiamen and Hong Kong.
• China Airlines reducing flights in and out of Mainland China with the exception being freighter operations.
• Cathay Pacific (and Cathay Dragon) cancelled more flights, check their website for additional details. 
• Delta has announced additional flight cancellations. We recommend visiting Deltacargo.com for the latest updates. 
• Denmark all air traffic to from red areas hit hard by COVID-19 will be suspended.
• Easy Jet warns most of their flights could be grounded.
• Egypt is suspending all air traffic from airports March 19 – March 31.
• El Al Israel Airlines to maintain services for passenger and cargo traffic to New York, Toronto, London, Paris and Johannesburg amid COVID-19 pandemic. Suspended flights to HKG, BJS.
• Emirates Globally, all PAX operations end on March 25. We will be operating freighters and PAX freighters only. We are in survival mode. The only freighters for now that will continue are ORD and IAH. Those stations that have lost belly lift will arrange transport of their shipments to the nearest freighter station. The best thing is to have your local offices stay in touch with the local EK offices.
• Etihad Airways added a freighter from STN-AUH. Suspended flights between Abu Dhabi, Robe and Milan beginning March 14. Due to operational challenges that have resulted from the outbreak of the Coronavirus, Etihad Airways services to Hong Kong (HKG) is suspended March 29.
• EVA Air still flying into HKG/PVG/PEK at this moment. Freighter service seems normal, but PAX flights have been reduced more than 50%.
• Finnair cancels most of their flights until the end of June.
• GoAir suspends all International flights.
• Gol Linhas Aereas will suspend all International flights from March 23 to June 30 due to low demand.

• IAG Aer Lingus and British Airways will have their last flight on Tuesday, March 17. 
• Iberia will cease all flights starting March 13 until further notice. 
• India International flights have been suspended up to 29^th MAR, and domestic flights will be suspended from tonight March 24 until March 31. Airlines are not receiving any new cargo for the freighters. Majority of freighters may get cancelled once they hear from their HUBs. Freighter operators are bringing freighters to take their old backlogs. Local transportation is stand still, interstates transportation has also been stopped, therefore, cargo is not reaching airports.
• Korean Air has started to use passenger aircraft to transport cargo on suspended passenger flights. Flight cancelations into mainland China, refer to their website for the most current updates. Was reported today they both carriers will also suspend all flight to and from Italy.
• Kuwait will halt all commercial flights to and from the country starting Friday and until further notice, with the exception of cargo flights.
• SAS Airlines will suspend flights to Italy until April 3. Flights to Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong are suspended until April 30. It has also been reported that suspensions and flight reductions to the U.S. began March 14. 
• Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned all international passenger flights in and out of the kingdom with the exception of freighter carriers.
• South African Airways cancels 162 flights from March 17 -31. Of these 38 are international and 124 are regional. 
• Spain cancelled all flights to and from Italy until March 25.
• Tap suspended all flight from the US-LIS with the exception of EWR’s one flight per day. Surcharge of 1.00 per kilo per shipment.
• Turkish Airlines canceled some passenger flights, please view their site for the updates. 
• Lufthansa From March 24, only 5 percent of the original passenger flight schedule will be flown. The remaining flights in the long-haul programme are the following, operated three times a week from Frankfurt: Newark (EWR), Chicago (ORD), Montreal (YUL), Sao Paulo (GRU), Johannesburg (JNB), Tokyo (TYO) und Bangkok (BKK).  Update on freighter connections to North America and Mainland China: nine additional North America frequencies for CW 13
• Malaysia Airlines will suspend all flights to India and the Philippines until March 31 after the governments ban on travel abroad.
• Netherlands The Dutch government has approved the transfer of the large number of cancelled passenger flights at Schiphol due to the corona virus to carriers with unlimited speed and speed. The measure will take effect immediately and will certainly apply until 6 June this year, the independent slot coordinator at Schiphol (ACNL) reports Monday afternoon. The scheme is intended to ensure that sufficient ad hoc capacity for cargo flights at the airport remains available, as almost 50% of the cargo capacity at Schiphol has disappeared due to the scrapping of passenger flights.
• Nippon Cargo (NCA) still operating at least one flight a day from NRT to HKG and PVG. NCA can connect any of the US-NRT flights to these flights. Demand is getting high especially for protective devices.
• Norwegian Air is planning to cancel 85% of their flights. Temporarily suspended flights to and from Italy. 
• Oman Air suspends all flights to Bahrain and Egypt beginning March 19.
• Porter Airlines will temporarily suspend all flights from March 20.  Services expected to resume June 1.
• Ryanair, Aer Lingus will cut flight schedules by more than 80% from March 19 - 24.  After that period, most if not all flights will be grounded except for a small number of flights to maintain essential connectivity mostly between the UK and Ireland.
• Qatar has cancelled some passenger flights however freighter are moving per schedule. Suspended all flights into China effective February 3.
• Qantas Australia and a travel ban on non-residents entering the country, our regularly scheduled international passenger flights will be suspended from late March until at least the end of May 2020. Cancelled all passenger flights. Qantas and subsidiary Jetstar. International flights will be suspended from the end of March until at least end May 2020. Jetstar Asia (Singapore) will suspend all flights from 23 March to at least 15 April 2020. Jetstar Japan has suspended international flights and cut domestic flying. Jetstar Pacific (Vietnam) has suspended international flights and will cut domestic flying.   
• SA Express to suspend operations from March 18 due to financial issues
• Saudi Arabia cancelled several passenger flights to/from Saudi Arabia until further notice. Shipments with confirmed bookings have been cancelled and/or rebooked.
• Singapore Airlines reduces flights by 50% up to end of April.
• Spain All national and international Commercial flights & ships banned from the Balearic Island. All flights to and from Italy were cancelled for two weeks beginning March 10. 
• Turkish Was reported today they both carriers will also suspend all flight to and from Italy.
• Ukraine canceled all international air, rail and bus services.
• United Airlines Reinstated some international flights. United has a dedicated web page for updates regarding COVID-19.

• UPS Air Cargo As a result of the increased demand to China for UPS Air Cargo Shipments, effective immediately and until further notice, all US origin shipments that are destined to China including PVG, CAN, XMN, SZX, FOC, HKG) custom rates will not apply for loose or prebuilt shipments. For your rate, please contact your Sales Representative.
• Vietjet Air to suspend flights between Vietnam and major Southeast Asian destinations from March 20. 
• Vietnam Airlines will hault all international flights until April 30.
• Virgin Atlantic is still flying from LAX to LHR. International flights were cut due to COVID-19 outbreaks. 
• Virgin Australia is suspending all international flying from March 30 until June 14. The changes include Temporary suspension of Sydney to Los Angeles and Brisbane to Los Angeles services from March 30 to June 14, inclusive Melbourne to Los Angeles services suspended from March 20 Inaugural Brisbane to Haneda service postponed from March 29.
• WestJet suspend all International operations from March 22.
• Wizz Air suspends all inbound/outbound passenger flights to Malta until April 10.  Only cargo, humanitarian and repatriation flights allowed to land.

• Capacity is available for charters globally, contact us for current rates and availability.
• We have seen opportunities for part charters (20 tons and up) recently, but not seen regularly. 
  If you have an opportunity send us the details and we can work on current, part charter capacity and pricing.
• Charter prices are based on current availability and that could change rapidly. Capacity and rates have been fluctuating a lot over the past few days.
• Crane Worldwide must have a signed charter authorization from our client before we can sign the charter contract with the provider.  Make sure you have someone standing by to sign agreements, capacity and rates change quickly.
• On all charters, funds must be received from our client prior to wheels up.

• Union Pacific is offering lower charges for per diem as a result of COVID-19
• FMCSA issued a waiver for expired driver license and medical cards
  • Extended until June 30^th 2020, CDL’s due for renewal on or after March 1 2020.
• Load Volumes continue to climb across the country
• Dramatic increase in wait times for drivers
• Diesel prices dropping 
• Areas impacted by shelter in place continue to climb, transportation companies retain their exemption from this rule
• Our fleet and Crane Solutions are staffed to coordinate loads
• Our nationwide network of Cross Docks and Logistics Centers have space for diverted loads, forward stocking and safety stock
• Most carriers continue to operate across the U.S. through the Essential Business Designation
  • Intermodal market has volumes consistent with last year over this time period (last week)
  • Domestic FTL demand is strong 
  • FTL Tender rejections by carriers spiked last week
  • A number of states have issued stay at home declarations to non-essential businesses 
• They include Ohio, Louisiana, California, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, West Virginia
  • Pending orders to come from Michigan, Wisconsin and Oregon – expected today
• A number of U.S. states are increasing the allowable weight / size of shipments to increase during this time (Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin)
• A number of U.S. states have granted an extension to CDL expirations due to state agencies not being open (or have limited staffing)
• Since the end of February, rates have been on a sharp and steady climb upward on load-to-truck rations, rising over 5% through mid-March. Rates have surpassed the 2019 levels. 
• The following zip codes of New York 10801, 10802, 10804 and 10805 are experiencing embargoing of some LTL carriers.
• Philadelphia is only accepting goods for 11 essential business types. Therefore, some LTL carriers are embargoing certain shipments.
• Average wait times across the United States are at 159 minutes, a record level.  Wait times in Atlanta have reached 277 minutes; Oklahoma City is at 297 minutes; and trucks in Philadelphia are waiting an astonishing 322 minutes to be loaded and unloaded.
• The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today issued an expanded national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/us-department-transportation-expands-national-emergency-declaration-commercial-vehicles)

• Argentina - banned international passenger flights from all of Europe, United States, South Korea, Japan, China and Iran, the decree will be in place for 30 days. Closing its borders to all incoming foreigners for at least two weeks. 
• Australia – Country ban to non-citizens and non-residents beginning March 20.
• Austria - will deny entry to people arriving from Italy. 
• Brazil: On March 21, the governor of the state of São Paolo announced a 15-day quarantine to run from March 24 to April 7, during which time only essential services will remain operational.
• Cameroon - Air, land and sea borders closed as of 18 March.  All passenger flights from abroad will be suspended with the exception of cargo flights & ships.
• Canada and U.S. closed borders March 18 to non-essential travel, it does not include trade.
• Cayman Islands – Owens International Airport and Charles Kirkconnell International Airport will be closed March 22 – April 12.

• China – Three Chinese airlines will resume flights to/from San Francisco beginning March 21. Land, air and sea ports are functioning.
• Columbia: On March 20, President Ivan Duque announced that, starting on the night of March 24, the country will begin a 19-day nationwide quarantine. Inbound international commercial flights are suspended starting March 23 for 30 days and Colombian citizens traveling abroad have been urged to return by the evening of March 22. On March 21.
• Croatia - Government imposing a 14-day quarantine upon truck drivers returning from Italy, many Croatian drivers are now choosing to remain in their own country, which is having a detrimental effect on haulage in Italy due to the reliance the country has on foreign drivers and adding to the skill shortage within the haulage sector, this is especially felt in the North East region of Italy.
• Cyprus – Government bans flights from 28 countries from March 28. 
• Denmark – Nationwide lockdown will continue until April 13.
• Egypt - is suspending all flights into and out of the country's airports beginning at noon Thursday through to March 31.
• El Salvador - San Salvador International Airport to close for passengers for at least 2 weeks.
• European Union – Non-EU residents are not allowed to enter the region for the next 30 days unless they are long term residents of the EU, family members of EU nationals, diplomats, or essentials workers like doctors, nurses, and researchers.
• Germany - Germany's coronavirus infection curve could have now flattened, according to the country's public health chief, as cases across elsewhere in Europe and the US continue to surge.
• Greece - Country to suspend all passenger flights.
• Guyana – Closes all international airports for two weeks beginning March 18.
• India – India is on a shutdown until March 31. 30 States and Union Territories have imposed full lockdowns up to March 31, which impacts major cities like BOM, PNQ, DEL, CCU, BLR, AMD, COK & HYD.  MAA will lock down March 24.  All our Crane Worldwide offices in India (BOM, DEL, MAA, BLR, AMD, BDQ, PNQ) are closed and staff is working from home. State borders have been sealed, international/inter-state transportation and trade stands suspended pursuant to directions issued by the relevant local/central authorities. 
• Italy - The Italian Government issued a new decree. The measure calls for the cessation of all industrial or commercial production activities, with the exception of essential products and service that are critical to the functioning of the nation.  
• Iraq – Suspension of all commercial flights to/from until March 28.

• Kazakhstan - Bans entry to travellers from France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
• Kuwait - announced a public holiday in the country from March 12-26, with work resuming on March 29, companies providing vital services would remain open. 
• Mali - Authorities suspend flights from countries affected by COVID-19.
• Malta- Country to cease all incoming passenger flights from 21 March & only allow cargo, humanitarian and repatriation flights to land to stop the spread of COVID-19.
• Malaysia - The movement of NON-ESSENTIAL GOODS is now prohibited for delivery out of both airport and seaport. All airports and seaports are still functional as usual with the exception of priority is given to ESSENTIAL GOODS. This is until further notice. The essential goods are: Food and Beverages, Agriculture and Fisheries including those imported, Household Products, Personal Protective Equipment, Pharmaceuticals, Printing Material, Medical and Surgical Devices and Parts, Oil and Gas, Petrol Related Chemicals, Chemical Materials (Steel and Poison), and Electricals including semi-conductors. 
• Mexico - Closed borders with U.S. to non-essential travel, it does not include trade.
• Netherlands – Government prohibits non-EU travelers from entering the country. The Dutch government introduced a raft of new measures to avoid public gatherings, group activities and limiting household visits. 
• New Zealand – Country closes borders to all foreign nationals.
• Nigeria - Country bans entry of travelers from 13 countries; China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK & US.
• Philippines - Temporarily suspending the acceptance of export air forwarding, import air breakbulk/forwarding and customs brokerage services requirements in Manila, starting March 24, due to a shut down. 
• Saudi Arabia - Government halts domestic flights & trains until April 2. Government will be temporarily suspending all passenger flights from the United States to The Kingdom.  Effective 16 March all passenger flights from LAX, IAD and JFK will be suspended for the next 15 days.  They will continue to operate the weekly SV902 freighter from JFK to JED.  There is also a possibility that they may operate additional charters. 
• Serbia - Closed its borders for travelers from other countries affected by COVID-19. 
• South Africa - Declared lockdown for 3 weeks from March 26, all flights to Johannesburg Lanseria airport to be cancelled. 
• Spain – Under lockdown.
• Switzerland - Switzerland includes Spain in entry restrictions.  This also applies with immediate effect to air traffic from Austria, France, Germany & Italy.
• Taiwan - Country bans entry of foreign nationals from 19 March
• Thailand - Authorities have closed their borders with the exception of the Malaysian border. Border open for goods on four crossing points.
• UAE - Suspends all flights into and from Abu Dhabi.
• United Kingdom – Government imposes 3 week lockdown. Foreign office urges all Brits to return home at this time. The ruling was applied from Monday March 23 All shipping personnel qualify as key workers.
• United States – U.S./Mexico border and U.S./Canada border closed to all non-essential travel, trade and commerce is exempted from the ban. U.S. suspended travel to the U.S. from Europe’s Schengen Area for non-U.S. citizens and legal residents. Any US citizen or lawful U.S. permanent resident returning to the U.S. who has traveled to any of the EU Schengen Area States within the previous 14 days can only re-enter the US through one of the approved airports, foreign nationals having been within this area in the last 14 days will be unable to travel to the US. Approved airports are as follows; ATL, DFW, DTW, EWR, HNL, JFK, LAX ORD, SEA, SFO, IAD.
• Zimbabwe - Government bans local and international travel as it declares national disaster. 

• Europe’s international trucking arteries are under increasing pressure as border delays increase and the threat of quarantine deters drivers from embarking on long distance international routes, on Monday queues between Poland and the Czech Republic were 11 kilometres long.
• Sixfold have a free application that maps out European borders with live information on crossing times https://covid-19.sixfold.com/

• German Bavaria Borders to Austria – filtering system in place to separate cars for checks with goods vehicles being waved through, smaller delivery vehicles are being checked for passengers.
• German Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland border into France – experiencing considerable waiting times, mainly due to the lack of infrastructure
• German Baden-Wuerttemberg into France – paper checks are normally conducted, however, the additional controls is having a massive impact on traffic flows with reported long delays of up to 3 hours.
• Austria Brenner into Italy – backlog of around 80 kilometers of traffic passing into Austria
• Poland - Czech Republic borders becoming completely blocked as checks are conducted
• France – all internal and external borders have controls in place that began March 17 to prevent entry to non-resident travelers, this includes all Schengen borders.
• Generally, as infrastructure is reintroduced, countries have been instructed to implement filtering systems to avoid delays with international freight.
• EU leaders plan to close external borders for 30 days to prevent spread of virus but establish fast-track lanes at their countries' frontiers to keep goods moving
• Finland - Border restrictions imposed.  Passenger train service with Russia set to end. Goods and cargo transports will continue across all borders.

• Moldova has closed Chisinau Airport and land borders with Romania and Ukraine
• Austria - Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced plans to limit movement nationwide. He said people should go out “only alone or with the people who live in their apartment.” Poland and Lithuania are also shutting their borders

Other
With delays being experienced due to the closure of borders to passenger traffic, the European Commission has proposed the designation of green lanes at the borders “for the emergency transport of foodstuffs, medical goods and protective items or even livestock” which will be given priority passage