The paralysis of the trade corridor between Senegal and Mali has escalated into a systemic crisis for logistics in West Africa, with direct ramifications for the region’s redistribution nodes, including the Port of Las Palmas. The blockage of more than 4,000 empty containers in Malian territory, owned by giants such as MSC and Hapag-Lloyd, represents not only a physical void in the Port of Dakar but also immobilization of assets valued at approximately 20 million euros. This supply chain disruption, caused by a jihadist insurgency that has turned the route towards the Senegalese border into a territory of deadly ambushes, threatens to escalate operational costs across the Atlantic arch.
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