Due to their heavy loads, logging trucks are considered the main infrastructural destroyers of roads in Cameroon. The government has therefore decided to place a weight limit on the volume of timber these trucks can transport as a conservative method geared towards road preservation. Thus the implementation of weighbridges has been installed to keep this in check.

Another concern may however be evoked with regards to transport cargo trucks if they are exempt from this new tax levy, knowing they also weigh huge tons which consequentially do not leave our roads indifferent.

Numerous taxes are already evoked on transport delays, if a truck doesn’t cross in time or stations longer than is due at the port, the truck gets hoofed. Consequentially, charges and taxes increase and possible cargo damage may be incurred depending on the type of good in transit.

These and more are some of the difficulties faced within the transport sector which need to be revisited by government authorities. Better policies and measures should be put in place to ease the situation primarily for business companies.

Considerations should not only be limited to infrastructural road precautions pertaining to timber trucks, but all other transport difficulties which form a chain process moving from weight, road degradation, stationing or parking allotment and G.P.S. installation at customs level which make the entire process hectic. Solutions should be tabled with regards to all these problems by the Cameroonian government to further boost international trade.

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The adjustments include the following items:

• Enforce advanced submission of manifest 24 hours prior to loading. Complete and accurate cargo information as carried in the manifest must be submitted to China Customs electronically 24 hours prior to loading onto vessels that sail to/via/out of Chinese mainland ports.

• The manifest must reflect accurately and completely all goods under bills of lading. 
• Requested data includes consignor and consignee information such as Company Code and communication number.

Provided link to the Order No. 56 (2017) published on the official website of China Customs (in Chinese)

In order to comply with the new regulatory requirement from China Customs and to ensure timely transportation of your cargoes, Maersk Line will begin submitting original advance manifest for inbound cargo to Chinese Mainland with a scheduled loading date on 1st June 2018 and thereafter.

Therefore, Maersk Line must receive the required manifest data via your Shipping Instruction (SI) before the SI cut-off deadline. Specific SI cut-off deadline can be fetched via Maersk Line website under respective country page or via Maersk Line representative.

Complete and accurate information on SI is important for us to comply with the new regulatory requirement, so shippers or party to provide SI are responsible for providing below additional data:

1. Consignor’s company code *(Mandatory)

2. Consignor’s phone number (Mandatory)

3. Consignor’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) status (Optional)

4. Consignee’s company name (Mandatory)

5. Consignee’s company code * (Mandatory if Consignee is not “TO ORDER”)

6. Consignee’s phone number (Mandatory if Consignee is not “TO ORDER”)

7. Name of contact person for Consignee (Mandatory if Consignee is not “TO ORDER”)

8. Phone number of contact person for consignee (Mandatory if Consignee is not “TO ORDER”)

9. Consignee’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) status (Optional)

10. Notify Party’s company code (Mandatory if Consignee is “TO ORDER”)

11. Notify Party’s phone number (Mandatory if Consignee is “TO ORDER”)

*Attached the identifier of company code being required to provide for countries’ reference

The aim of integrating #Global_Freightage in your supply chain is to improve overall efficiency and reduce overall costs, rather than operating independently and pushing costs and inefficiencies to other parts of the chain especially those related to Cameroon, #Landlocked Central Africa Republic, Chad .... and other countries in the sub-region.

Among the benefits of integrating Global Freightage is the reduction of #Bullwhip_effect, also known as demand amplification which is one of the main killers of supply chain that kills more than competitors.

Our presence, well qualify multilingual staffs, as well as a well define operation channels will help your firm to improve overall efficiency and reduce overall costs.

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