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 Thursday, 01 September 2016 15:02 |  |  | 
HANJIN SHIPPING LINEThe Korean shipping company HANJIN is facing financial difficulties with the recent bank support lost and filed for court receivership on Wednesday 8/31. We have decided to stop working with HANJIN and will not book any container with them and avoid any HANJIN vessel shared with other carriers we may use wherever the trade lanes. Regarding the containers which are currently sailing on HANJIN vessels or on other shipping lines HANJIN co-load with, we are monitoring their route closely as there is a risk to be blocked by creditors such as the port terminals with possible extra-costs. We shall also keep you informed and do our best to perform the deliveries. Our transportation insurance doesn’t cover ocean carriers’ bankruptcy. Please check with yours. We are sincerely sorry about this unexpected situation beyond our control. Read more :
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Friday, 08 July 2016 17:08 | | |
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 2016
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Friday, 25 March 2016 16:05 | | |
THE SOLAS VGM RULE: - THE CONTAINER WEIGHT RULE APPLICABLE ON JULY 1STOverweight containers present a risk to industry workers, vessels, equipment, can upset operational reliability, and produce higher costs. Following a number of serious incidents, the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Shipping Council (trade organizations that represent container liner companies) approved new guidelines with the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) requirement which will come into force on July 1, 2016. The amendment to the international convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requires the VGM to be documented before containers are loaded on ships. Shippers must physically weigh their goods using one of two prescribed processes:
Under either method, the weighing equipment used must be certified and meet calibration requirements. The party packing the container cannot use the weight somebody else has provided except for “Individual, original sealed packages that have the accurate weight of the packages, packing contents and cargo items clearly and permanently marked on their surfaces which do not need to be weighed again when they are packed into the container.” e.g. TV’s boxes clearly marked by the manufacturer with the weight stated. Shippers will be required to declare and verify container weights prior to shipping. If a container is overweight or shippers do not comply with the new regulations, they could face delays, fines and penalties. This is critical to shippers, as they do not want to incur extra costs, delays or upset a customer. Shipper’s associations worldwide are actively working on the implications of this new rule. The following summary provides additional information. |
