Please note that the two major shipping companies announced that they will stop accepting cargo to South China around the Spring Festival.
Source: admin Time: 2022-12-16
Recently, shipping companiesCMA CGMandHapag-LloydA notice was issued announcing that the acceptance of goods to South China would be suspended during the Spring Festival.
CMA CGM suspends cargo shipments to South China during Spring Festival
Recently, CMA CGM released the latest news that before the Lunar New Year in 2023, due to the quarantine requirements for crew members due to the new coronavirus epidemic, the South China and Hong Kong feeder operators announced that they would suspend feeder services from January 1 to January 31, 2023.
In light of this situation, CMA CGM will restrict the routing of cargoes to the following South China ports.
The restriction will apply to cargoes bound for about 30 destinations in January, including three in Fujian province (Fuzhou, Fuqing and Quanzhou), which stop atHong Kong, Yantian, Nansha and ShekouNormal services are expected to resume in early February, subject to further updates from feeder operators.
Only applicable to dry boxes, hazardous boxes/refrigerated boxes/OOG special boxes are not acceptable.
Feeder schedules may be subject to change and feeder operators will charge additional fees to consignees.
The consignee shall bear the additional costs of T/S cargo idling in Hong Kong, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian and Xiamen for more than 14 days.
▎The full notification from CMA CGM is as follows:
Hapag-Lloyd suspends cargo acceptance from South China during Spring Festival
A few days ago, Hapag-Lloyd's official website also issued an announcement stating that the feeder operator in South China announced the suspension of feeder services from late December 2022 to the end of January 2023. This is a preventive measure because after the 2023 Spring Festival holiday, there are epidemic prevention requirements for crew members sailing between South China and Hong Kong.
Taking this into account, Hapag-Lloyd said it would suspend receiving cargo with final destinations in the Pearl River Delta and Fuzhou until further notice. However, it will continue to undertake trunk freight services to major ports such as Hong Kong, Yantian or Shekou.
It should be noted thatAny additional overtime costs imposed by feeder operators during this period will be borne by cargo owners.During the feeder operator’s suspension period, any additional costs and liabilities related to demurrage, terminal storage charges or terminal fees incurred at the transshipment port (Hong Kong, Shekou, Yantian, Dachan Bay) after the container is unloaded will be borne by the cargo owner.
In addition, the booking suspension period to South China is determined based on the estimated time of arrival (ETA) at major ports such as Hong Kong, Yantian, Shekou, and Dachan Bay; it applies to container cargo of all types and sizes, including special cargo (DG/RF/OOG).
The following is a list of affected ports in South China and the start and end dates of suspension of bookings:
▎The full Hapag-Lloyd notice is as follows:
In the past few years of the epidemic, shipping companies have issued similar notices to suspend the acceptance of cargo from South China during the Spring Festival. However, in response to this move by the shipping companies, after the Maritime Safety Administration issued the latest epidemic prevention requirements for crew members on the 13th,You may wait and see whether the subsequent shipping company will change the relevant notice。
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