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The two major shipping companies announced that they will suspend the receipt of goods destined for South China around the Spring Festival. Please pay attention to the shipment!
Dec 16,2022
Recently, the shipping companyCMA CGMandHapg-Lloth (Hapag-lloyd)A notice was issued announcing the suspension of receiving goods destined for South China during the Spring Festival.
Recently, Dafei Steamship released an update saying that before the 2023 Lunar New Year, the South China and Hong Kong feeder operators announced the suspension of feeder services from January 1 to January 31, 2023, due to the quarantine requirements of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic on the crew.
In view of this situation, Dafei CMA-CGM will restrict the routes of goods destined for some ports in South China.
The restriction will apply to goods traveling to about 30 destinations in January, including three destinations in Fujian Province (Fuzhou, Fuqing and Quanzhou), which stop separately.Hong Kong, Yantian, Nansha and Shekou. Normal service is expected to resume in early February, subject to further updates from feeder operators.
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Only applicable to dry box, do not accept dangerous box/refrigerator/OOG special cabinet.
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The feeder shipping schedule may change, and the feeder operator will charge the consignee an additional fee.
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The consignee bears the additional cost of T/S goods idling in Hong Kong, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian and Xiamen for more than 14 days.
A few days ago, the official website of Hapo-Lloth also announced that the branch line operators in South China announced the suspension of branch line services from late December 2022 to the end of January 2023. This is a precautionary measure as there are epidemic prevention requirements for crew sailing between South China and Hong Kong after the end of the Chinese New Year holiday in 2023.
considering the situation, hapg-roth said that it will suspend the receipt of goods whose final destination is the pearl river delta region and the fuzhou region until further notice. However, mainline cargo services to major ports such as Hong Kong, Yantian or Shekou will continue to be undertaken.
It should be noted that,During this period, any additional overtime charges imposed by the feeder operators will be borne by the cargo owners.. During the outage of the feeder operator, any additional costs and liabilities incurred at the transit port (Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian, Dachan Bay) in connection with demurrage, terminal storage or terminal charges will be borne by the cargo owner after the container is unloaded.
In addition, the booking suspension acceptance time to South China is determined according to the estimated arrival time (ETA) of major ports such as Hong Kong, Yantian, Shekou and Dachan Bay. Applicable to all types of container cargo, including special cargo (DG/RF/OOG).
Cancellation of health code check for boarding personnel
Cancellation of nucleic acid testing requirements for crew members before boarding overseas ships
In addition, on December 13, the the People's Republic of China Maritime Safety Administration released the latest edition of the "Operational Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic for Ship Crew", which requires the cancellation of the inspection of health codes, travel codes and other information for boarding personnel.
Operational Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak for Ship Crew (12th Edition)
1.Cancel checking health code, travel code and other information for boarding personnel.
2. the movement of crews from domestic vessels is carried out with reference to the epidemic prevention policies related to the movement of people on land.
3.Cancellation of nucleic acid testing requirements for crew members before boarding overseas.
4.Eliminate the requirement for passengers on passenger ships to check their health codes, travel cards and negative nucleic acid certificates before boarding.
5. crew members are in abnormal health during their stay on board and suspected new coronavirus infections are treated in accordance with the Guidelines for Home Treatment of New Coronavirus Infected Persons.
6. other text description.
Download link to the full version of the Operational Guide to the Prevention and Control of the New Crown Pneumonia Outbreak for Ship Crew (12th Edition):
https://www.msa.gov.cn/public/documents/document/mdmy/njq3/~edisp/20221213032647947.pdf
In the past few years of the epidemic, shipping companies have issued similar notices to suspend the receipt of goods from South China during the Spring Festival, but in response to this move by shipping companies, after the Maritime Safety Administration issued the latest crew-related epidemic prevention requirements on the 13th,You may be able to wait and see whether the subsequent shipping company will change the relevant notice..
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