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Our agent informed us that, due to the recent accident at Tianjin Port, Chinese Authorities have implemented new instructions regarding shipments of dangerous goods to Shanghai Port.

Please comply with the following revised regulations:

1. All cargoes must be accompanied by a MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) in the Chinese language. For acceptance purposes we will also require same in English language.

2. Label each individual packaging, containing dangerous goods, with a Chinese label including:

– Commercial product name
– UN-Number
– Composition / concentration
– GHS Label
– First Aid and emergency disposal methods
– Emergency contact person & phone number.

3. Shipper must paste correct DG labels on their cargo before sending into stuffing warehouse.

Failure to comply to the above requirements will result in non-acceptance of the consignment for exportation to Shanghai.

Please be informed that with immediate effect, Qatar customs authorities require H.S.CODE to be mentioned on the HB/L for shipments to Doha.
If HB´s/L are not issued properly, this might cause customs penalties. Please comply accordingly to ensure smooth clearance and cargo delivery.

With immediate effect, China customs require an electronic cargo manifest for all shipments to the following Chinese ports:

Shanghai (as already announced ealier)
Xingang
Dalian
Qingdao
Ningbo

The electronic manifest must be sent no later than 24 hours prior to vessels loading.
Important: To ensure timely data submission, documentation deadline will be same as cargo closing. Amendments after this deadline on request only.

Please note that IMO-shipments to Huangpu can not be accepted with immediate effect. Below please find our agents notification for your reference:

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We’ve just received a notice fm Carrier that they cannot to accept any HAZ cargoes under LCL or Consol services to Suigang,Huangpu base on customs request and with immediately effected.
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Please note that, due to the current political situation, LCL-service to Lattakia/Syria will be suspended with immediate effect.
As soon as the local circumstances have stabilized, we will take up our usual service again. We will keep you informed about further developments.

Euroconsol NVOCC today announces a new LCL service from Tianjin to Gdynia. This direct service option eliminates transshipment costs making offer more competitive on market.

Please note that the Port of Aden is temporarily closed. Below you find the notification from our agent:

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In view of the recent developments in Yemen, it has been given to understand that Ports and Shipping Offices in Aden are temporarily closed.
Carriers have discharged all Aden containers at Jeddah, Djibouti and Sudan. Same will be on-forwarded to Aden only once the situation is back to normal. This will result in to enormous delay in releasing the shipments which are transhipped or yet to be transhipped ex. Jebel Ali.Hodeidah port is functional. No issues reported in Hodeidah so far.
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Management of Euroconsol has made a decision for changing company’s logo. The brand new wordmark emphasizes global coverage of services offered by company.

In an earlier circular we informed you about destination charges Colombo to be prepaid by shipper. Please note that for shipments of personal effects, the destination D/O-fee of USD 75,- will also apply for shippers account.

We are pleased to offer you two more Brazilian destinations on our South America service: Suape and Salvador will be served via Santos