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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.
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Southeast Asia Services promotion

Southeast Asia is a large region of Asia that stretches from east of India and south of China. This region includes continental countries as well as island nations within several different seas.

Since China is just near by Southeast Asia and with so many ports and factories in Southeast Asia, the connection between China and Southeast Asia continues to strengthen. Affected by the US-China trade war recently, more and more cargo from China is being trans-loaded in Southeast Asia. It has created more connections and businesses between China and Southeast Asia.

The Southeast Asia region is an area of great potential and it will always be a main area of business for GH Forwarding to focus on.

Our company GH Forwarding was established since 1992, and we have 27 years experience in this industry. Apart from this, we are direct booking agent in Ningbo with many shipping lines below:

For these reasons, then we can handle your shipments well and efficiently. If you need help with your shipment to/from China, GH Forwarding would be a good choice for you and we are ready for you!

Come and connect with us! GH Forwarding, your eyes in China.

作者: Phoebe
Oversea Business Team
E:Phoebe@nbguohua.com
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Typhoon appears, careful shipment

Every summer, there are typhoons that scare the shipping industry. The tempestuous typhoon brings great loss of life and property to the coastal areas. It also brings great troubles to cargo owners, shipping lines and freight forwarders.

What impact will the typhoon have on shipments? When the typhoon makes landfall, the relevant ports stop working and the voyage schedule will delay, cargo is likely to be directly immersed in the water, damp or damaged and so on. Here are photos and descriptions to show the typhoon's troubles for the shipping industry：

Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 7 "Weipa"，Chiwan, Shekou and Yantian container terminals released yellow warning. All the container operations at the gate were stopped, and the Dachan Bay terminal also stopped the empty container service, and the Shenzhen port was closed for one day. These led to the centralized return containers to the port and extract containers from the port, which made a heavy traffic on each road into the port on 1st August when ports opened the gate. It's normal to be stuck for seven or eight hours on the road!

Typhoon "Weipa" caused blockage of Shenzhen's inbound road container fleet

Typhoon "Lekima", the No.9 typhoon, began to affect Shanghai and Zhejiang provinces, on Thursday evening, August 10, and continued through the weekend. Shanghai and Ningbo shipments were unexpectedly affected. The shipping lines issued a notice on the 7th August, stopped releasing S/O on the 8th, and did not accept all the container-type requirements for changing the pick-up point from the dock. At that time, the container could not be picked up or returned. In order to avoid the impact on the picking up of the containers. During the typhoon, the relevant staff were actively informed to pick up the containers at Yangshan wharf on 8th ASAP.

In order to minimize the damage caused by typhoons to the shipping industry, shipping lines, freight forwarders and cargo owners need to take certain defensive measures：

1. Before the typhoon strikes, the shipping lines will take effective measures to protect the port and navigation in advance, stop the dock operation,delay the shipping date appropriately, which will result in demurrage fee and container detention fee and so on, at the meantime will lead to the congestion of the port access road before and after the typhoon. The extra cost caused by the container cannot enter the dock or board the ship due to typhoon doesn't need to be borne by the customer.

Water operations and passing ships in the relevant waters shall return to the port to take shelter from the wind, reinforce port facilities, and prevent grounding and collision of ships by anchoring.

2. The freight forwarder will also timely send a notice to the consignor/consignee, so that they can cooperate with the relevant operations before the terminal stops working, to avoid the customer's concern about the transportation of the goods or the work schedule affecting the effective time. Reduce customer concerns about the goods and avoid work schedules that affect effective time.

3. As for the consignor and consignee, they should be as patient as possible, reasonably arrange shipment, purchase All Risk insurance for their cargo accordingly, pay close attention to their cargo dynamics, keep close contact with the freight forwarder, and try their best to cooperate with the instructions and arrangements of the freight forwarder and the shipping line.

This summer is coming to an end, I hope that this year's typhoon is also. No matter how choppy the typhoon is, G.H Forwarding has more than 27 years of freight forwarding experience, can keep calm in face of danger, do its best to handle shipments properly for customers, and provide customers with the confidence and trust. There is such a saying " Special reporter for Typhoon Day ", then " Special freight forwarder for Typhoon Day ", you can choose G.H Forwarding.

作者: Aria
Oversea Business Team
E:Aria@nbguohua.com
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A Letter of Thanks

After an extended stay in Phnom Penh following the GLA Conference, the remaining members of the G.H Forwarding team returned to China yesterday.

For G.H Forwarding we feel it was a successful conference in Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia, being able to meet many agents big and small from around the world.

The conference was very well organised and the support staff was always on hand to lend a helping hand for any issues.

 

As with the previous conference in Shenzhen last year, you could see the meticulous planning involved in getting everyone together and also the closeness of the founder, Ms. Grace Sun, who again added a personal touch by taking the time to go around and speaking to everyone throughout the conference.

The banquette was a chance to add some culture into the conference with some Cambodian dancers giving a performance for everyone to savour and remember and throughout, there were presentations and prizes – and for once, I was a lucky winner! 🙂

It was also an honour to go around all the tables with Grace, Mr. Wang Derong (the former Vice President of the China Transport Association) and also GLA VIP members from ACE Global (Australia and New Zealand offices).

All in all, I feel it was a great conference at a great location and I feel that a lot of people at the conference will be winding down back in their respective countries and working on developing the new ties made.

 

So to finish….

 

Thank you GLA for the arrangement – without which, it would not be so successful.

 

Thank you to all the agents who participated, without you there would be no Conference.

Looking forward to seeing you all again next time!

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The 7th GLA Conference in Cambodia

G.H Forwarding are attending the 7th GLA conference held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 24-26.June.2019. And we have a booth with a professional team of 6 people to sincerely invite and make a conversation with all attendees so that we can develop together in the future.

There is a picture of our team members who represent our company.

Our team actively and enthusiastically exchanged discussions with participants and access to a wide range of business information in the conference which is more than 500 logistics industry experts and international logistics entrepreneurs from more than 60 countries.

Our team members wear red polo shirts with our company logo so that it is really easy to identify in the crowd.

Our team is always ready to welcome all exhibitors who come to communicate. And they discuss the various possibilities actively and eagerly to improve relationship and develop together.

Even if it is the second time to take part in GLA conference, we are also excited from the cocktail event to walking into the hall for the opening ceremony. The conference is also full of joy, the organizer arranged cocktail parties, coffee breaks, welcome dinners and more. In any case, it is the perfect combination of China and the West.

The GLA conference help enterprises to broaden our domestic and overseas markets to the greatest extent and gain opportunities. G.H Forwarding will continue to actively attend the conference related to international shipping, and work hand in hand with domestic and overseas logistics companies to reach a larger, higher and deeper level in the future.

Please feel free to contact us and let’s see how we can develop together.

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WIFFA Cargo Trade Fair in Guangzhou

As we know, the Cargo Trade Fair is the center of communication and access to information. It has become an important part of the overall market expansion. Participated in the WIFFA exhibition held in Guangzhou on June 5th, 2019 is an excellent opportunity to promote and publicize our company’s business, showcase the company’s strength and image.

Although most of the companies participated in the exhibition are from China, there were also many overseas logistics companies, such as Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and so on. This enables us, who are interested in overseas freight companies, to contact and learn about overseas companies without going abroad.

For the exhibition, exhibitors must have a better understanding of the company’s business knowledge so that we can guide customers correctly during the exhibition. During the exhibition, in addition to patiently greeting companies who came to our booth to communicate with us, we also took the initiative to go to other companies’ booths to observe, understand, collect their business cards and make notes.

After the exhibition, first of all, we should summarize the work after the exhibition as one of the planning basis to guide the next exhibition, the purpose is to make up for the lack of this exhibition work, carry forward its advantages, so that G.H FORWARDING will progress in each conference and harvest more!

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2019 and Ningbo-Zhoushan port continues to grow

Located on the coast of the East China Sea and across from Shanghai, over the past few years, the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan has increasingly become an important amongst the many ports in China. In 2015, it handled 888.96 million tons of cargoes making it the busiest port in the world that year in terms of cargo tonnage.

Last year Ningbo-Zhoushan reported a container throughput of 26 million teu which pushed it up to rank in the world’s top three container ports for the very first time, second being Singapore and first being Shanghai. In the same year it also became the first port in the world to exceed 1 billion tonnes of annual cargo.

Now, according to the latest data from the official China Transportation Department, from Jan to April, cargo throughput has reached 348.06 million tonsat Ningbo-Zhoushan which compared with the figure last year, represents an increase of 1.2%.

At the same time, container throughput arrived 8.94 million TEU, and increased 3.3%, compared with the figure from last year.

 

In the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, overall shipping routes are stable. There are 246 shipping routes which include 113 Ocean Trunk until the end of April. Sea-rail intermodal transportation business is the key point in increasing the volume of containers.

From Jan to April, sea-rail intermodal transportation shipped 243000 TEU, which compared with the figure last year, it increased 49.5%. There are 4 new routes, and total number of routes is now 14. The level of Zhoushan port service has made significant progress. Wherever the imported and exported containers are in the factory, freight forwarding, yard, dock, shipping company or other logistics areas, all this information regarding the imported and exported containers are dynamically visualized and controlled. It has become the first port in Chinawhere the operation handling of imported/exported containers are paperless and visualized. Previously this was all done and handled by people with paper documents which is neither efficient nor cost effective.

 

There is also the building terminal constructed to handle new processes, the project of the increasing terminal capacity develops to 499 meters and 120000 tons in Beilun Port. Besides, the shifting of bridge cranes in the Chuanshan Port and the loading & unloading of new equipment in the Meishan Port both areunder way.

 

This can all be seen as early evidence of success as in the second session of the 13th People’s Congress of Zhejiang Province in Jan this year, it was reported that Zhejiang province would make the integration of its Ningbo and Zhoushan cities a priority in 2019.

In Zhoushan Port, the growth trend of huangsha, liquefied oil products, automobile ro-ro and other business increases healthily. Meanwhile, the automotive ro-ro business arrives the throughput with 88000 vehicles in the pass four months, which compared with the figure last year, it increased 206.84%. In addition, crude oil, coal and other businesses are relatively stable, but the throughput of iron ore is decreased and slightly affected by objective factors, such as the Tailings dam break in Brazil , hurricane in Australia and so on.

 

If you require local assistance for your cargo in Ningbo-Zhoushan, feel free to get in touch with G.H Forwarding, our headquarters is located here and as a registered NVOCC as well as being a direct booking agent for many shipping lines, we can offer you quick and efficient logistics services to ensure your cargo is exported or imported smoothly.

 

Feel free to contact anyone in the Overseas Business Development Department:

 

Anthony: anthony@nbguohua.com

Tony: tony@nbguohua.com

Patty: patty@nbguohua.com

 

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Ningbo-Zhoushanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Ningbo-Zhoushan

 

http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/ningbo-zhoushan-passes-shenzhen-to-become-third-largest-container-port-globally.html

 

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201901/15/WS5c3dc7a8a3106c65c34e49d9.html

 

http://zhoushan.chinadaily.com.cn/2019-01/28/c_331236.htm

 

http://www.zcom.gov.cn/art/2019/5/5/art_1389837_33987210.html

 

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/7w3K3ZPDo9VUtsahKbkZHA

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We are GH Forwarding!

公司简介

宁波国华国际货运代理有限公司，成立于1992年，公司总部位于宁波，并在天津、青岛、上海、广州以及越南胡志明设有分公司。我们是一级货运代理，拥有NVOCC资格证。在物流行业27年的经验让我们能够为您提供全方位的服务。

我们公司也在不断地发展壮大当中，目前已经有超过一百名员工在国华大家庭中找到归宿。不管您的货物是从中国出发，还是运输到中国，我们都可以为您提供服务。

 

G.H Forwarding (Ningbo China International Forwarding Agency Co. Ltd), was established in 1992. Our headquarters is located in Ningbo, China. We have branch offices in Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Meanwhile, we are Class 1 Direct Booking Agent and have NVOCC certification as well. With 27 years of experience in forwarding industry, we can offer you a comprehensive set of services.

Our company continues to grow and currently we have almost 120 employees in our big family. No matter what you need for your cargo to/from China, we have you covered.

公司使命

以物流为载体，传递爱心，为和谐社会奉献温暖。

遵循公司使命，我们的大家庭也是充满爱心与温暖的。

 

Our company’s mission is to offer logistics services while spreading warmth, harmony and happiness around us.

In line with this, we are building a family full of love and warmth.

Team Building Event

Team Photo of Guangzhou Branch Office

公司文化

 

和谐、高效、创新、发展

 

Company Culture: Harmony, Efficiency, Innovation, Developing

Company Culture

公司文化是一家公司的灵魂根本，我们一向会将公司文化付诸行动，只为了给客户提供满意的服务。同时，我们欢迎各方意见，不同的声音，能够让我们不断学习发展进步。

 

Company culture is the soul of company, we always put our company culture into practice in order to provide service satisfaction to our clients. We listen with an open mind to suggestions and are attentive to problems. By listening to different voices, we can learn things that benefit our company.

Team Photo attending a conference in Malaysia

If you find this interesting, then get in touch! Let’s see what we can achieve together!

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Rainy Season in Guangzhou.

“Another day off I take, I guess the sun had the same idea and now we have a break. It’s a rainy day, but I love it.”

 

The water comes down, the forecast is a thunderstorm warning every day, the sun take a month off in Guangzhou, should we still love it???

 

People “swim” to work !

Scooters “floating” on the streets!

The Canton Tower playing hide and seek!

Do you know what?

Right now Guangzhou is doing its magic!!!

News
At half past three on 5th May, the feeder, named “Yue Qing Yuan Huo 6289” from Zhuhai to Yanan, sunk because of heavy winds and rainstorm .

After receiving the report, the Zhuhai Maritime Safety Administration urgently dispatched a maritime law enforcement ship named “Hai Xun 09172” to the scene of the distress and quickly organized the rescue.

At half past four, three distressed crew members successfully rescued!

Warning
The maritime department reminded that at present, Guangdong is suffering from thunderstorms and windy weather, and the sea conditions are complicated. All ships should pay close attention to weather forecasting and early warning measures to ensure the safety of navigation operations.

We just want to ask, when are you going to stop raining?

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