"1, open cabin time
Opening time, the owner of the booking, the shipping company will put s/o to the owner, which specifically write the date of each, so that the owner can arrange to pick up the container loading. Open cabin time refers to the earliest time that the empty container can be lifted, if it is not yet to the open cabin time, the empty container can not be lifted to the terminal or the designated place of the shipping company.
2、Cutting and replenishing time
Cut off the material time, also known as cut off the document time, English for SI Cut off Time, is the consignor to the shipping company to submit the information required to make the bill of lading the latest time. That is, the shipping company to change the last bill of lading format time, before this, bill of lading format and information can be modified many times, after this, bill of lading will produce a change in the cost of the bill of lading, there is no standard time, each shipping company is different, some of which is the date of sailing, some of which is the sailing of the ship within a week. If the bill of lading in this time can not be timely submitted to the shipping company, you can apply to the shipping company SI Late Come, that is, apply for an extension of the cut-off time for replenishment, the general shipping company will be extended for a few hours to the consignor.
S/I CLOSING, is the special requirements of the U.S. line, different from other routes. The forwarder must report the cargo and other information to the carrier 48 hours before sailing. The carrier must report the cargo information to the U.S. Customs through the AMS system 24 hours before the shipment starts, and must provide the real cargo owner and consignee to the U.S. Customs.
AMS --- America manifest system --- American warehouse receipt system, also known as anti-terrorism manifest fee, information fee. Imported U.S. goods (all over the world) are required to provide this data is provided to the U.S. Customs, including specific gross body, real consignee and consignor, Chinese and English name. Generally required to complete the day before the customs cut-off.
3、Customs clearance time
Customs cut-off time, including terminal cut-off time and cut-off of heavy container release time
A. Closing Time, Closing Time in English, is the time for the terminal to close the heavy container. (also refers to the latest time to return the container after loading) means that after this time the shipping company will no longer arrange this time to return to the cabinet on the voyage, that is, the heavy container can not be handed over to the terminal, and even more can not be loaded on the ship.
B. cut off the release of the article is the latest time for the shipping company to accept the customs release of the article (the latest usually in the cut off the heavy container within six hours, which is the buffer time). The cargo must be ready for customs clearance before this time, and submit the customs release to the shipping company. After this time, the shipping company will not accept the release of cargoes for the voyage, and the cargoes will not be able to go on the voyage.
(1) The release note is a release certificate given by the Customs after the release. If the customs release note is submitted after this time, the shipping company will regard the cargo as failed to be cleared and released, and will not allow the cargo to board the ship. At this time, even if the heavy container has been returned to the dock, it can only be delayed until the end of the ship; of course, this will incur a lot of costs, including reordering fees, yard rental and documentation costs.
(2) If the day of the cut-off, the day of the declaration of goods, customs inspection rate is very high, generally experienced freight forwarders will recommend shippers in this case, delayed to the next ship to declare customs clearance, otherwise the time of the inspection fee, change the name of the ship fee, the cost of cabin rental and container rental fees to pull half a day.
(3) If in case you can not catch up with the cut-off time, you can also apply for CY LateCome to the shipping company in advance, the shipping company may allow the heavy container to be delivered a few hours later. But sometimes shipping companies do not agree to extend the time to the consignor. Customs declaration in Shenzhen must be returned to the heavy container after having the heavy container paper to arrange customs declaration. It is better to return the heavy container half a day to more than a day before the cut-off. The order is to cut off the heavy container, cut off the customs, cut off the release note.
4、Customs cut off the release time
That is, the shipping company gives the final receipt of the ship's bill (commonly known as the release note) date! Port area in general a few hours before the ship departure, began to sort out the customs station receipts ready to match the ship! This time is also the cut-off time!
It is like going to take the train, cut off the heavy container, is equivalent to the time as of the checking of tickets into the station, cut off the release note, is equivalent to the train crew cut off passengers on the train time, have to wait for the next train.
(Content collated from shipping network)