Due to COVID-19 quarantine requirements for crew members on coastal feeder ships between South China and Hong Kong, feeder operators have announced that they will suspend services for at least 6 weeks before the 2022 Lunar New Year (February 1-5, 2022).
Taking this situation into account, ONE will suspend the receipt of cargo that passes through major ports in South China and then reaches its final destination through domestic branch lines. Any cargo that can be transported directly to South China by ocean-going vessels will not be affected.
For any shipments that are already in transit and will not arrive before the service is suspended, the ONE service team will provide options for the customer’s shipment.
Below are the schedules by province and region provided to ONE by feeder operators. The effective date is the date when services for imported goods cease. Please see the table below for the suspension of booking arrangements:
There are no restrictions on direct unloading on the main lines of Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian and Nansha Ports;
It is expected to arrive via Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian, and Nansha Ports from November 20, 2021 to February 5, 2022. The Guangxi region, including but not limited to Beihai, Fangcheng, and Qinzhou, will suspend receiving goods;
It is expected to arrive via Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian and Nansha from December 14, 2021 to February 5, 2022. Except for Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong and the “Pearl River Delta” region, the receipt of goods will be suspended in other regions;
It is expected to arrive via Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian, and Nansha from December 10, 2021 to February 5, 2022. Ports in Fujian, including but not limited to Xiamen, Fuzhou, Fuqing, and Quanzhou, will suspend receiving goods.
Los Angeles and Long Beach Port tolls are postponed for the second time! Shipping company’s latest response
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest U.S. ports, announced on Monday that they would again postpone plans to impose fines on ocean carriers that fail to move containers out of the ports quickly, citing significant improvements in supply chains since late last month.
This time, the charging time for container overdue detention fees has been postponed to November 29. This is the second extension of the fee. It was originally scheduled for November 15, and the first extension was announced last week.
The executive directors of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said in a joint statement Monday that cargo stranded at their terminals has dropped by 33% since the new fees were announced in October.
The board is “pleased with the progress to date” but will continue to monitor the situation and will reassess the implementation of the charges next week, after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two of the biggest shopping days of the year.
On October 25, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for 40% of the total volume of U.S. seaborne cargo, announced new charging measures aimed at easing the growing congestion of cargo ships. But the measure has been postponed twice since then as container cleanup efforts progressed.
In response to the second fee extension at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, ONE announced on November 23 that the company will support customers through the eModal platform to pay “container overdue detention fees” before releasing goods through the eModal platform, but Total Terminals The exception is International (TTI) terminals, which plans to charge customers directly.
On November 22, Hapag-Lloyd also announced that customers can pay the fee through the eModal platform.
HMM stated that customers can pay the fee through its official website.
In addition, COSCO Shipping Lines also provided answers to the issue of “container overdue detention fees”. It stated that since this fee is a government administrative fee, once the fee is collected, it will be borne by the customer, and COSCO Shipping Lines will only collect it on behalf of the customer.
COSCO Shipping Lines also suggested that in order to avoid the high “container overdue detention fees”, customers need to arrange to pick up the goods as soon as possible, or find alternatives such as new off-port storage locations.
COSCO SHIPPING Lines will provide assistance as much as possible, such as document changes, change of pick-up location, etc. In addition, the company is actively negotiating with multiple North American suppliers to find possible alternatives.
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) said on Monday that the average time it takes for import containers to leave a terminal at Los Angeles-Long Beach is 7.64 daysNearly 47% of the containers stranded at the port stayed for more than 5 days, which was higher than 32.8% in September.
As of November 22, there were 94 ships waiting for berths outside the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, 63 of which were container ships. Among them, 46 are outside the Port of Los Angeles, and 28 are container ships.
In addition, the average waiting time for ships in the Port of Los Angeles has risen to 18.6 days, and the waiting time for the container ship “Bal Peace” has reached 59 days.
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