Shanghai Shengtai container customs clearance import and export operation procedures

The operation procedures of container import freight mainly include:

1. Delivery of shipping documents

In the past, the shipping documents were sent to the import container management department by the export port after the ship sailed. Now the main container terminals in China have begun to use EDI to complete the shipping documents.

2. Container unloading preparation

A few days before the arrival of the ship, the shipping company or its agent shall send the following documents to the terminal business department:

① Cargo manifest;

② Container loading list;

③ Stowage plan;

④ Container load plan / CLP;

⑤ Notice of expected arrival of the ship;

⑥ Damage report of shipment goods;

⑦ Special cargo list.

According to these documents and combined with the actual situation of the terminal, the terminal yard arranges the unloading preparation, and formulates the container unloading plan, yard plan, delivery arrangement, etc.

3. Unloading and stacking

According to the ship unloading plan and yard plan, the yard should pay attention to the following items when unloading containers from the ship and stacking them in the designated place of yard

① Empty and heavy containers should be stacked separately;

② Understand the details of the goods in the heavy box;

③ Whether to arrange transit transportation;

④ Delivery at the terminal yard or at the freight station;

⑤ Scheduled delivery date.

4. Delivery

According to different delivery objects, the main businesses are as follows:

① Delivery to the consignee: when the consignee or his agent comes to pick up the container, a bill of lading issued by the shipping company or his agent shall be issued. After verification, the container will be delivered to the consignee or his agent at the terminal yard. At the time of delivery, both the terminal yard and the consignee sign on the delivery record. If there is a note on the delivered goods, the note shall be recorded in the delivery record. The delivery record is an important evidence to prove the termination of the carrier's liability.

② Deliver to container freight station: if it is LCL cargo, the container freight station will transport the container from the terminal yard to the freight station, and the container freight station will unpack and deliver the cargo to the consignee. Before taking delivery of LCL goods, the freight station entrusted by the shipping company shall contact the terminal yard, collect the containers from the yard according to the delivery records released by the customs, and both parties shall handle the handover procedures and sign on the container packing list as the basis for the handover of containers. The consignee or his agent shall pick up the goods at the freight station with the bill of lading issued by the shipping company. After the goods are checked by the freight station, the goods can be delivered. Both parties shall sign on the delivery record for handover.

③ Delivery to the inland carrier: if the container is delivered to the inland delivery place intact, the terminal shall contact the shipping company or its agent to deliver the container to the inland carrier. If the liability of the sea carrier ends at the terminal yard, the delivery record shall be used for handover; if the inland carrier is the sub carrier of the sea carrier, the sea carrier shall be responsible for the whole transportation, the terminal yard and the inland carrier only need to go through the internal handover procedures, and then go through the delivery record after the container is transported to the place of delivery.

5. Relevant fee collection: when delivering the container to the consignee, the terminal yard shall check whether the storage fee, re handling fee and other fees are incurred. If the above fees are incurred, the terminal yard shall deliver the container after charging.

6. Preparation of delivery report and non delivery report: after the completion of delivery, the wharf yard shall prepare the delivery report and send it to the shipping company or its agent as the basis for the shipping company to claim compensation for the loss or damage of the goods when handling the cargo by the consignee. If the consignee fails to take delivery of the goods on time, the non delivery report shall be prepared and sent to the shipping company, and the shipping company shall take it as the basis If the goods are picked up, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions. The main import cargo operation documents are as follows:

① Bill of lading;

② Unloading list;

③ Tally documents;

④ Container bill of lading and bill of lading;

⑤ Unpacking list;

⑥ Delivery records;

⑦ Notice of arrival.