container shipping – GH Forwarding

Thursday January 9th, 2020

Container Ship COSCO PACIFIC 062 W Cargo Causes Fire and Delays

Suspected undeclared lithium batteries are preliminarily believed to be the cause of the reported fire in the cargo hold of container ship COSCO PACIFIC while en route from Port Klang, Malaysia to Ngava Sheva, western India last week.

The COSCO PACIFIC, with a capacity of 10062TEU, is shared by multiple shipping lines and will cause great disturbances as we approach the Spring Festival which sees Chinese factories grind to a halt for the yearly public holiday. Shipping lines sharing slots on this vessel include: ANL, APL, CMA CGM, CNC, COSCO SHIPPING, GOLD STAR LINE, MAERSK, MCC, OOCL, PIL, SAFMARINE, SEAGO, SEALAND, WAN HAI, ZIM.

The vessel interrupted its scheduled voyage to stop at Columbo on the morning of 06.Jan to offload the 2 containers which caught fire and the vessel is to be under constant monitoring until inspections are complete. As of the morning of 07.Jan, the vessel is still berthed at Colombo.

The voyage covers several main loading ports in China: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou and Nansha – you can check the other ports in the image below:

Both alkaline and acidic batteries are categorised as class 8 corrosives in the IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods) and if declared, would normally be stowed correctly in the hold following strict guidelines if a vessel has the authorisation to carry Class 8 goods. It is not clear whether the vessel had the authorisation for this, but that is not relevant at this point in time since no DG goods were declared by any parties shipping cargo on this vessel.

As a result of this, not only will cargo destined for consignees before the Spring Festival begins be seriously disrupted, but there will also be a tightening of checks and inspections at port of loadings to prevent such events happening again, especially during such a delicate time.

Monday April 23rd, 2018Tuesday April 24th, 2018

Jiu-Long Marathon Race 2018

Besides just running half marathon, the race is themed on “health, love and environment protection”. Therefore, our G.H Forwarding Team also, donated to a good cause, the Ai Fund. The donation aids many young students in Zhejiang Province, China who need our help to pursue their well-being and career plus be able to achieve their goals in life.

As a company we believe every little help.

No matter how big or small the ‘giving’ is, we want to help and be part of a child’s career to be by their side as they succeed.

We hope next year many of you reading this can get involved in race at Ningbo, Jiu-long Lake Marathon Race 2019.

Sunday April 1st, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

Maersk Rates update to Northern Europe: 1-30.APR.2018

Friday March 16th, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

Is Shanghai The Next Job Opportunity?!

Kuroky aged 31, began his career in a city that is very special to him as it is where he was born and grew up with up with his family and friends by his side from playing basketball matches to graduating at Shanghai University to achieving G.H Forwarding long-term target such as; achieving 13000TEU’s in 2017.

He quoted that Shanghai is “definitely the next opportunity” because it’s a city surrounded by foreigners who not only learn the language but, adapt to the Chinese culture in a modern city.

Additionally, due to Shanghai’s economic development making a huge impact to the world and networking with other partners to be able to achieve dreams and ambitions together plus improve his English.

He wasn’t sure which career path to specialise in however, his friends also known as colleagues in G.H Forwarding had taken care of him and taught him everything he needed to do anything he wanted in life.

Surprisingly, this inspired him to dedicate himself take on the roles and responsibilities of being a Branch Manager involving taking care of his team and meeting clients.

Kuroky does believe Shanghai can be the next destination for an opportunity to the undergraduates and postgraduates mainly due to businesses in South-East Asia, Northern Europe and many more who are relying more on Chinese companies.

From speaking to him the statement that stood out the most about his journey was why he stood by G.H Forwarding as they were was different mainly because they have built an loyal, caring-loving family working environment. By maintaining this factor our G.H Forwarding team hope to increase the number colleagues and clients across the globe.

Tuesday March 13th, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

Maersk Rates update to Northern Europe: 24-31.Mar.2018

Sunday March 11th, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

2018 G.H Forwarding Annual Gala

Friday March 2nd, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

Interview with Qingdao’s Branch Manager, Lisa Zhang

On 1st August 2016, Lisa Zhang became Qingdao’s first Branch Manager of G.H Forwarding, a well-established Class 1 forwarding booking agent for shipping lines throughout Asia and Europe.

She began her journey in international logistics and supply chain 10 years ago, when she graduated from Ocean University of China, Qingdao and gained experienced in the field for many years before joining the company.

In her exact words, she chose to work for G.H Forwarding 3 years ago “as I liked their corporate culture, atmosphere and development of planning.”

By working alongside her boss, she had learnt how G.H Forwarding operated on daily basis allowing her to run the business from Qingdao smoothly. She had built a close relationship with her boss, other branch managers and colleagues who had supported her to achieve her ambitions over the years.

Her greatest achievement has been to take part in the establishment of the Qingdao Branch and be involved in the growth of the enterprise leading to Qingdao branch team to be better, bigger and stronger.

The CEO of G.H Forwarding, Zhou Lingfeng had taught her many things in particular taking responsibility of a large-scale organisation, maintaining gratitude and by receiving constant feedback on her management skills aiding the Qingdao team to continue growing.

A big challenge for us now is to expand plus develop the enterprise domestically and globally steadily but, rapidly; alongside keeping up with the logistics and supply chain market. We would like to focus on building upon our effective communication and efficient service to expand further through our social network and increase our global partners across Asia, Middle Eastern and Europe.

Thursday February 1st, 2018Wednesday April 18th, 2018

It’s The Year Of The Dog 🎉

Chinese New Year known as Spring Festival in Chinese known as; 第一年 ,春节.

It's a festival celebrated in the Chinese Lunar Calendar which begins on 15th Feb where the whole of China celebrate from the first day of the New Year falling on the full moon till Lantern Festival.

This year many friends and families across the world will be celebrating the year of the dog by having meals with families and friends, receiving and giving red packers.

Most families and friends go see fireworks and watch the lion plus dragon dances shown below.