Mediterranean Shipping Company (Nederland) B.V.
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| SEALING PROCEDURE DRYVAN CNTRS. |
| We have established an increasing number of containers to be delivered at the MSC Home Terminal with incorrect sealing. MSC whishes to advise you that it is the Shippers obligation to properly seal the container, on the therefore allocated location, in compliance with ruling regulations. As of april 15th all containers which fail to comply with the attached instruction will be sealed by the Terminal Operator for account of the cargo. MSC will be obliged to charge you for the respective costs amounting to Euro 82,-- per container plus an administration fee of Euro 25,--. More info |
| SEALING PROCEDURE REEFER/AIR FRESH VENTS |
| We have established an increasing number of containers to be delivered at the MSC Home Terminal with incorrect sealing. MSC whishes to advise you that it is the Shippers obligation to properly seal the container, on the therefore allocated location, in compliance with ruling regulations. As of april 15th all containers which fail to comply with the attached instruction will be sealed by the Terminal Operator for account of the cargo. In addition to the door-seals special attention is required for sealing of the “air fresh vents” of reefer-containers. All MSC reefer-containers are properly air fresh vent sealed upon empty release from the respective depots. When reefer-containers are returned full at the MSC Home Terminal with incorrect, or no air fresh vent seals at all , the Terminal Operator will seal the air fresh vents for account of the cargo. MSC will be obliged to charge you for the respective costs amounting to Euro 50,-- per air fresh vent. More info |
| Canadian Postal Codes Announcement |
| Please note that the CBSA (Canadian Customs) have decided to reject Customs Declaration that does not include a Canadian Postal/Zip code.This has always been mandatory information for Canada, but seems that they decided to enforce this requirement.As you know File checker rule BR0077 is already present, therefore please make sure that information you insert is correct and valid for all parties located in Canada!!Below Link for your easy references:http://www.shipfed.ca/new/eng/original/CL/9827/9827.asp Please provide to all persons concerned to avoid Customs Rejections and containers on Hold! |
| Heavy Commodity Surcharge (HCS) Announcement as from 01.06.2012 |
| This announcement is an official surcharge publication; we take for granted that without any specification from us, it will be duly applied to your future shipment.HCS - Heavy Commodity Surcharge effective June 1st, 2012: $ 150 per 20DV List of heavy commodities subject to OWS :1.Glass products2.Granite/stone products3.Ceramic/Tiles products4.Aluminum/Wire products5.Citric Acid products6.Canned foods products7.Rubber products8.Palm oil products9.Steel coils/ Steel products (new commodity)HCS has to be applied regardless the payload, HCS is only based on cargo description.Origin Range: Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (except Bangladesh) Destination Range: North Continent (including UK), Scandinavia, Baltic, |
| New destination with immediate effect NAMIBE - Angola |
| We are pleased to announce that with immediate effect we will start offering call in Namibe (Angola) on a weekly basis with a Transit Time ex ANR of 39days (ex RTM 5 days extra)The transhipment port will be Cape Town (same feeder service as Luanda and Lobito) no reefer cargo will be accepted for a time being |
