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Regarding the situation where foreign shipping lines are charging many types of fees and surcharges to Vietnamese import-export enterprises, The Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA) has assigned maritime port authorities and branches authorities to examine freight rates and surcharges of shipping lines, avoiding situations where shipping lines violate competition laws.   Previously, the implementation of Circular No. 39 issued by the Ministry of Transport led to a 10% in the charges for loading and unloading services at seaports, causing several shipping lines to raise cargo handling surcharges at ports. In addition, foreign shipping lines are also collecting 10 other types of surcharges, including...

CMA CGM has announced a new peak season surcharge (PSS) from Asia to South Africa that will be effective from 21 August, 2023. The French ocean carrier noted that the surcharge will be US$300 per TEU and will be applied to dry, reefer, out-of-gauge (OOG) and breakbulk cargo. The surcharge will be applied from ports in North East Asia, South East Asia, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan to South Africa.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is based in Singapore announcing about launching a new route Korea China Straits 2 (KCS2). The new service will start from Busan port on 6th July2023 with the following rotation: Busan ​​(Korea) – Kwangyang (Korea) – Shanghai (China) – Sekou (China) – Singapore – Port Klang (Malaysia) –Penang (Malaysia) – Singapore – Cat Lai (Vietnam) – Nam Sa ( Guangzhou) – Busan. In order to exploit potential markets, KCS2 will provide direct shipping services to Penang port in Malaysia and Cat Lai port, which has good access to the Ho Chi Minh City market as well as other production...

Xuan Cau Industrial Park and Non-Tariff Zone is being built at Lach Huyen international port area, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong.                     Tan Cang - Hai Phong International Container Terminal (TC- HICT) is the first terminal built and put into operation at Lach Huyen international port. The project has a total investment of 11,100 billion VND, located on an area of ​​752 hectares, located in the area of ​​Lach Huyen international gateway port, Dinh Vu - Cat Hai economic zone. attracting about 40,000 - 50,000 workers. Non-tariff zone - Logistics and Lach Huyen Industry located in...

According to statistics from Drewry on world container freight rates, as of 20th April 2023, the 40 feet container freight rate was $1,774, down 83% from $10,377 in September 2021 and lower 34% compared to the average over the past 10 years of 2,688 USD. The current tariff is equivalent to the end of 2020, but still 25% higher than 2019's $1,420. In the past year, freight rates for routes have decreased significantly, specifically, the Asia-Europe route has decreased by 81-85%, Asia-US by 75-79%, the Americas-Asia and Europe have decreased 18 - 21%. As a rule, ocean freight rates will have a...

The Customs’ revenue in the first quarter 2023 saw a year-on-year decrease of 17% The turnover and revenue from import and export activities plunged in the first quarter of 2023. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs on April 3, the revenue from imports and exports in March reached VND33,476 billion. In the first quarter, the Customs sector’s revenue decreased by 17% to VND 91,267 billion compared with the previous year, meeting 21.5% of the estimate. In the month, the total trade in goods is estimated to increase by 18.6% to US$ 58.49 billion compared with a month ago. The export turnover and...