Each agent must make all preparatory work in advance and make sure that all shipments can be loaded on aboard smoothly on Jul 01. It is absolutely not allowed of any rolled off caused by no VGM.
1. Please make sure to confirm that can provide VGM by hardcopy or other method with local terminal for the regions unfinished EDI interaction testing with local terminal. It is absolutely not allowed of any rolled off caused by VGM not provided.
2. Please report to VGM working team immediately if neither agent finished the EDI test with local terminal nor local terminal accept VGM by hardcopy or other method, and local terminal explicitly express the strict enforcement of “NO VGM,NO LOAD” on Jul 01.
3. Please give guidance and assistance for customer to accumulate cargo weight, container tare weight and other stuffings together to get VGM by using method two “Accumulative calculation method” for the regions which have no weighing service or for VGM cannot be provided by other reasons.
4. As for the shipments transferred from inland via barge or road and railway to basic port (port of transshipment),each agent should pay attention to followings:
(1) Due to the different request of every base port (port of transshipment), please advise customer to provide VGM in advance if the scheduled trunk vessel departs after Jul 01. The base port (port of transshipment) which explicitly express that goods to be transshipped cannot provide VGM is excluded.
(2) Please advise customer to provide VGM at place of receipt, avoid VGM cannot be provided at base port(port of transshipment) due to some base ports(port of transshipment) don’t provide weighing service.
5. POL agent can make adjustment for VGM cut-off time according to the VGM cut-off time of local terminal. Adjusted VGM cut-off time should try to keep consistent with local business circumstance.
6. Each agent should be sure to confirm with terminal about VGM not needed for delayed voyage.
7. It is free for VGM currently. Related notice about when begin to charge and how to charge will be issued separately later.
8. Each agent should negotiate with terminal and partner about nonperformance of “NO VGM NO LOAD” and provide the list of transshipped goods to terminal , partner and captain for the overseas cargoes depart port of loading before Jul 01 and is on the way to the port of transshipment