GPC adivises that all services from Niger via Cotonou port are temporary stopped due to the collapse of the main raod bridge at boarder Malenville.
Please consider as port of discharge for all cargo not yet shipped: Lomè port.
GPC provides logistics services and freight transport for years, that includes door to door delivery to developing countries and/or ones in a state of emergency.
GPC has carried out agricultural tractors shipments from England to Zimbawe tacking care of sea-land transport and documentation.
As always, the shipping was planning in compliance of company quality system.
GPC specialized for years in shipments to the African continent, has recently carried out excavator shipments in Tanzania-Dodoma, taking care of the sea – land transports, and documents.
As always, the work was followed by taking care of all aspects in quality, first of all the preventive planning.
GPC, who operates in the most uncomfortable and remote areas, has carried out a shipment of 20×10′ dry loaded on 7×40′ FR from Italy to Congo.
The transport has been carefully followed from beginning to end by GPC, from the purchase of atypical containers, made in accordance to the regulations for the handling of these units on offshore platform.
Containers production took place in China where GPC collected them to afterwards transport them to Italy and fill out.
The modes of transport required the availability of 40′ FR for regular stowage on board so GPC done it at Genoa port to finally board them to final destinations.
On 20 June 2018 the European Commission adopted the implementing regulation n. 2018/886, in response to US customs duties which will come into force on Friday 22 June.
The new EU duties apply not only to steel and aluminum imports from the US, but also to agricultural products and many other products.
The products and level of duties applicable to them are contained in the implementing regulation 2018/886 of 20 June 2018, published in the OJEU of 21 June 2018 (attached).
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is introducing and implementing the concept of Cargo Tracking Note (CTN): by adopting the CTN System, Ghana’s Customs is attempting to modernize its operations in order to facilitate trades.
As a consequence of that, importers in Ghana will have to ensure that their respective shippers and forwarders at port of origin will issue the CTN number, paying attention on the n.7 calendar days that are required to complete the process.
CTN will be compulsory for bill of ladings and cargo manifests related to shipments towards Ghana, as from 01/07/2018, BL date.
GPC makes available rail freight transport Italy-China for its customers. The project for the construction of a railway network linking Italy to China has recently developed and today the railway network reaches 60 countries, crossing Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia and Russia and move about 300,000 TEUs a year.
This mode of transport is cheaper than an airway and faster than a seaway, even if today it concerns mainly 40 ‘feet containers (standard and HC).
GPC, specialized in refrigerated goods transport, has carried out ice cream shipments from Italy to Mauritius. The whole shipments, in the least details, has been taken care of to be compliance of the cold chain.
Integrated logistics services were performed with packaging, boxing and processing aimed at preserving the product, managing the cold chain in the appropriate and required way to keep the quality of the product unchanged.
The goods traveled on flights at a frozen temperature -18°, focus in particular on the transshipment and storage moments.
After the first shipments, GPC specializes in abnormal transports, has planning pick-up of another crane from Crespellano to Livorno.
GPC has took care of abnormal transport ,as well as transit permits, customs clearance and boarding.
The Chinese customs administration (GACC) issued the order No. 56/2017 (attached in the English version) containing some revisions to the Decree No. 172, concerning the early presentation of the posters, issued in 2009, still being tested in the June 2014 and subsequently entered into force.
The purpose of the amendments is to standardize procedures and formats, as well as to improve the prevention of risks related to the import and export of goods in China.
According to the order, the new rules come into force from next June 1 and provide for the electronic transmission of data, strictly complying with the decree (http://english.customs.gov.cn/Statics/2bb17644-55f2-4c6b-a296-5ad18cd3f7d6.html), related to the incoming and outgoing transports (air and sea transport) and related posters. More accurate and complete data are requested to identify exactly “shipper” and ” consignee” “(Tax ID, P. VAT), the notify (contact numbers), as well as the goods themselves.
In the case of natural persons, the passport number is required.
For companies registered with Chinese Customs, the USCI (Unified Social Credit Code) code must be provided.
