Concern non-vessel operating common carrier tariff filing system made substantial progress. Recently, the Ministry of Transport announced that from October 1, 2010, China formally non-vessel operating common carrier tariff filing system. Ministry of Shipping Bureau official says that the system has been implemented for more than a year with international container liner tariff filing system together to form a complete chain of market monitoring.
in accordance with the Ministry notice of the filing system starting from October 1 shall become effective 60 days after the transitional period. Non-vessel carrier shall record the basic Chinese ports to foreign shipping container cargo port of export tariffs (Ocean Freight) range, that is, the upper and lower limits of foreign quote. Filed tariff rate should be normal, reasonable, and higher than the agreement signed with the freight liner. NVOCC free to determine the tariff rate changes, and should be in accordance with the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, by the Ministry of Transport agreed to the format of the record filing. NVOCC tariff rate can be adjusted, for the record of the published tariff rate from the date of acceptance into effect over 30 days, but after the commencement of the first record of the way the tariff rate of the date of acceptance.

Ministry of Shipping Bureau said, record-keeping system to further standardize the implementation of China's international container shipping market price action to protect all transportation the legitimate rights and interests, and promote the healthy development of maritime market. NVOCC shall be normal and reasonable tariffs to provide services to prohibit the" zero tariff" ," negative tariff" means contract goods.

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