From the beginning of the year our ro/ro cargo service has been strongly improved, especially for industrial vehicles, earthmoviving machines, tractors and agricultural machines, motorcranes.
Large and significant shipments have been arranged from North and South Europe (Holland, Germany,
UK, Italy) and from North and South America (USA, Canada, Brazil) to Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lybia, Senegal, Nigeria, North Africa, South Africa.
During March, just before lockdown, a whole plant exceed 3000cbm machineries for the maintanance of offshore platforms in East Mediterranean and West Africa has been moved to Rotterdam whereas it has been loaded on board supply vessels duly chartered for the movements and works expected.
35 motorcranes, almost 2500 cbm and more than 600 tons have been shipped by vessel from Turkey to Belgium. Our company arranged even pick up, deliveries and clearances both for export and import in order to offer the DDP service to the clients.
One machinery more than 70 tons in a proper seaworthy wooden case has been shipped from Venice to Mumbai by heavylift vessel. The machinery
was imported temporary for repaired and maintenance works. Our company arranged also pick, movement to the port of loading and loading
ob board the break bulk vessel.
Italy is the third largest trading partner in Europe, after Germany and the United Kingdom, by number of investments in South Korea. Italy has gone from 26th place in the South Korean supplier ranking (in 2013) to 19th place in three years later. For this reason it is important to know the transport regulations:
1. Both importer & exporter need business lisence for customs in Korea.
2. All cargo must have CLEAR original mark on the commodity when import into Korea, such as : Made in China.
3. All electronic products or products with plugs, battery etc will request KC certificates come into Korea.
4. All food commodity import into Korea must request food quarantine (original), component content manufacturing process flow which including commodity of cup, bowl, tableware etc.
5. All shipments import into Korea must submit EDI (buyer tax number) minimum 24 hours before ETA of Korean working days. Or, penalty will be occur.
6. Road Limitation of Korea 20’Dry : 18.0 MT cargo weight 40’Dry : 23.0 MT cargo weight 45’Dry : 22.0 MT cargo weight 20’RF : 17.5 MT cargo weight 40’RF : 22.0 MT cargo weight The weight of truck, trailer, container tare and cargo all together must not exceed 40.0 MT and that the pressure on each axle must not exceed to 10.0 MT. Height : Limitation is 4.20 meters on the road and 3 meters by rail (OOG-pieces upto 4.5 meters might be allowed depending on route to factory location) Length : Limitation is 19 meters. IF over weight or special cargo, please must pre-discuss with your handling agent in Korea (Smart Logistics Co., Ltd Koea)
7. basic documents for both export and import in Korea, copy of business license, packing list, invoice
8. FTA : Free trade agreement , need copy of C/O may reduce duty or no duty in Korea
9. VAT of Korea is 10% (CIF+duty)
10. If exhibition cargo, sports game, conert cargo will request ATA carnet by original in Korea
11. For return cargo or re-sell cargo when cargo arrived into Korea, without original consignee’s approval, nothing can be changed in Korea.
12. Copy products or cargo tort will be hold by customs of Korea
13. If under-invoice value or conceal declare for customs, may customs inspection and re-value by customs or penalty happen in Korea.
14. FTA Korea and China, not including Hong Kong and Macao, it means POL must be mainland ports of China.
15. The new company first time import or export in Korea, 100% customs inspections.
16. The company had inspection record in Korea, all their further cargo import or export will be inspection 100% till good record in the system.
17. Car (NEW or USED) belongs to DG cargo in Korea
19. Normal customs delcearance may take 1-5hours in Korea.
20. LCL cargo import into Korea, no free storage at all, and warehouse fee subject to the cargo value, if your cargo value super high and not volume cargo, please use air into Korea.
21. Air cargo only through international air port of Incheon (ICN) Korea
22. DG cargo mainly use sea port of Busan and Ulsan Korea
23. Seoul is an inland city, you have to use sea port of Incheon or Incheon airport, and do not use Busan port, Busan around 700KM away from Seoul which trucking cost super high.
24. For break bulk vessel loading and unloading, cost will subject rainning day, night time working, weekend, 50% will increased
25. JEJU is an island of Korea no container liner services, if you have cargo to Jeju, please send to Busan port, we will take it over from Busan.
26. If you have any cargo urgently need to be shiped out from China, but no space or can not catch up the schedule, you may try the route China-Korea (bonded transit)-worldwide destination, because most of ports from China to Busan Korea, only take 1-3 days.
27. If you have any volume cargo by air can not secure the space from air ports of China, you may sea China to Korea and air out from Korea (Incheon air port=ICN)
28. If you have any urgent cargo from/ to Russian area, you can also try to send cargo via Korea, it’s only 2 days TT from Korea to Vladivostok by sea.
29. If you have any urgent cargo from/to Japan, you may also try to use bonded transit services via Korea, we have daily ferry services 1day TT between Korea and Japan
Abnormal cargo of machineries loaded onto two special trucks from Rozzano (Italy) to Norway.
GPC is focused on meeting customers need. Recently, in order to meet the client’s requirements, 80 tons of resin have been moved airfreight from Minesota point to Terni town thru Fiumicino airport.
Exceptional door-to-door transport of 3 tankers to Portugal, with the provision of our vehicles for land journeys in Italy and Portugal.
Dear Customers,
due to the numerous reports and checks for infections of unknown cause, to avoid the pandemic spread of Coronavirus, found in the Wuhan area, work activity in China was severely stopped.
At present, the ports are congested due to a lack of operators, the offices are closed and the government has extended the Chinese New Year by a week. For the same reason, transportation is stopped; the situation varies according to the territories and there is no precise information or timing. We are in constant contact with our agents, however we would like to inform you that if there are delays in deliveries / withdrawals in China, and in container emptying / loading operations, they will be attributable to this emergency, which we monitor carefully. We remain available for further information and thank you for your understanding.
With 2020 the new Incoterms come into force. The most significant change concerns the substitution of the DAT in DPU: it is specified that the goods must be unloaded from the vehicle, whatever it is in any place where the agreed delivery place is located.
Another important change concerns insurance when the term is CIF or CIP. While for the first one continues to speak of minimum coverage therefore ICC “C” for CIP the All Risks is expected (ICC “A”).
