30,000 USD/Container ! ONE issued a notice: High liquidated damages for concealed reporting of dangerous goods

In September, COSCO, Sinotrans Container Lines, etc. have issued notices on concealment, omission or misstatement of liquidated damages related to the collection of goods.

On November 10, ONE also issued a notice reiterating the "Notice on the collection of concealed, under-reported or misreported liquidated damages for the name of the goods." It is emphasized that since the issuance of this notice, fees will be strictly implemented in accordance with the standards of the original notice.

According to the notice, the shipping company inspected and found concealed, under-reported or misreported product names for dangerous goods that need to be compulsorily changed, and a maximum penalty of 30,000 US dollars/carton will be imposed.

Notice on the collection of concealed, under-reported or misreported liquidated damages for the name of the goods
Ocean Network Express (China) Co., Ltd. issued the "Notice on the Collection of Special Change Fees for Underreporting, Omission or Misreporting of Goods Names" on July 5, 2019, informing customers that they will be effective from August 1, 2019 , For goods that are under-reported, under-reported or misreported the name of the goods, our company will distinguish between different situations and charge customers a special change fee according to different standards.

However, after the notice was issued, the notice was not strictly enforced. At the same time, our company realized that the notice referred to the fee as "special change fee", which is not completely accurate. The more correct name should be "liquidated damages". In view of this, our company has issued this notice, one is to change the name of the fee to "Liquidated Damages", and the other is to emphasize that since the issuance of this notice, our company will strictly implement the charges in accordance with the standards of the original notice.

Once again, we appeal to our customers to declare the name of the goods truthfully when booking, to ensure that the customs pre-allocated manifest, customs declaration and bill of lading information are consistent, and no concealment, omission, and misstatement are allowed to avoid liquidated damages.

Source:https://www.sofreight.com/