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Rapid clearance of ships stranded in smooth water transport ports

"From the discharge Blockage, we have been working overtime clearance of the 36 ships stranded in Hong Kong, more than 2,000 TEUs of goods." Chongqing Customs Office of Customs officers stationed in the port side of the detailed audit Liu Yuanjiang declaration card, one side says this, the other side A Customs Officer is also busy organizing the inspection of goods to prepare.
Affected by the flood peak, July 18 Air Chongqing harbor seal, resulting in the import and export logistics aortic Chongqing "infarction", 69 ships, more than 4,000 standard containers of foreign trade goods from Hong Kong. Chongqing Customs immediately launched the emergency plan, take the initiative and the port, shipping and other contact, time to master the port closed route, ships from Hong Kong and so on. Chongqing Customs in the port office took the initiative to convene the Pacific, set the sea, the people's livelihood and other major shipping companies, in providing remote monitoring of discharge, half-way conversion transit transport policies legal advice, but also the relevant customs declaration documents, the goods conducted pre-trial, to ensure that the lifting of closure aircraft, goods in the fastest clearance.
July 23, Chongqing port to resume service, the Chongqing Customs timely adjustment orders, inspection and other clearance work part time during the flight for the closure of export goods, to declare an interest first inspection, fast track; on imported goods, the implementation of reporting , release of pre-, post-inspection to the factory to complete, and minimizing the goods in port areas of customs operation time, to help enterprises overcome difficulties, the aircraft because of sealing to minimize losses.
At the same time, Chongqing Customs also due to Blockage caused by the vessel, voyage number of changes, etc., and actively coordinate treatment PSA and shipping companies for business in the shortest time to re-create the conditions for docking with the ship; Contact Shanghai, Wuhan along the Yangtze River such as customs, effective solution for transferring, manifest problems caused by data changes, to ensure smooth and normal transit clearance, effectively reducing the closed Air Force on the Yangtze River, the impact of radiation.
Customs measures effectively ensure the orderly flow of Chongqing shipping ports. According to statistics, from January to June this year, Chongqing Customs in the port office received 31,155 copies of import and export declarations, an increase of 35.2%, clearance value of 3.16 billion U.S. dollars, up 24.6%. ; Only on July 1st to last week, the Office 2726 import and export cargo clearance will vote cargo 332,000 tons, worth 280 million U.S. dollars. (Ping)

2010-07-28