How to Avoid Containers in Imported Container Transport

Container-type transport of goods can keep the goods in the box clean, protect the safety of goods and reduce damage. In order to ensure the smooth flow of containers and avoid container stagnation, the owner of the container, the owner of the container, provides a time limit for the importer of the container. Within this time limit, the goods can be stored in the box free of charge. . Over this period of time, if the goods do not come out of the box and occupy the container, then the owner will be required to pay a fixed fee every day. This is the so-called demurrage fee.

The free period for imported containers is mostly within 10 days from the vessel's arrival at the port of destination, and the demurrage fee is calculated 10 days after the vessel arrives in Hong Kong. Here is a quick way to return to the empty box so that you can return to the empty box as soon as possible to avoid or reduce the demurrage fee.

Specifically, as the goods go through customs clearance procedures, the importer can tell the shipowner which yard the container is going back to, and then contact the stockyard. The subordinate fleet will directly refer the cargo after release to the yard. Storing boxes inside the yard and then transporting the goods by rail or car to the final destination as needed. In this way, at the same time as the goods are delivered, the container is already empty, which saves at least two days compared to using other teams to pick up the boxes and return them to the designated yard.

In the case of a large number of imported containers, this method can not only prepare for the release of customs more time, but also reduce the demurrage charges. For example, a company importing 48 20-foot container cargoes. After learning about the shipyard’s return to the empty container yard, it signed an agreement with the storage yard. Its subordinate team will carry the box directly from the port city to the yard, and then from the factory. Yard delivery. However, when the ticket was cleared at customs, customs clearance of the goods delayed the customs clearance time, making it possible for Customs to release the goods on the 10th day after the ship arrived in Hong Kong. After receiving the customs clearance list, the fleet of the yard immediately referred the container to the yard. This saves USD 480.00 in demurrage fees and 48,00 RMB in return.