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Shipping to Indonesia via postal service. Will it be ok?

Shipping to Indonesia via postal service or even courier service, the main problem as always is the Indonesian customs, as it is stated on their shipping policy that the shipment company not liable on customs exercise and the decision by customs clearance officer in regards of the tax and the procedure of shipping to Indonesia.

Shipping to Indonesia quite complex if you handle the shipping by…

Why Singapore excel as shipping hub by Sea?

Singapore since before the independence invites traders from all across the nations to berth and do trading in Singapore. As geographical wise, Singapore held the strategic places around South East Asia. Furthermore, Singapore has a lot of competitive advantage in terms of a shipping hub around the region.

With the leaders vision and the leadership that ensure Singapore as the main shipping hub…

What is distressed cargo and when does it occur..??

What is distressed cargo and when does it occur..?? As those in the shipping industry are aware and those who are new to the industry may be experiencing or those who are not in the industry may have realised, shipping and freight industry is a crucible of many different jargons, abbreviations and trite phrases to say the least.. 🙂 Here is one of them for you to chew on today..   DISTRESSED CARGO…

The connection between Shipping and Physics

Inspired Georgia (one of the readers of this blog), in this article I take you back to the REAL basics – the connection between Shipping and Physics.. I wrote earlier that the big floating thing that carries our cargo from point A to B is referred to, as a SHIP or a VESSEL and outlined the difference between these two.. Like me, I am sure many of you would have (and if you are in the shipping…

Article on ENS data filing with EU

Good day all, further to my previous post EU – Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) – the new buzz word, below is an interesting article comparing the AMS filing for USA vs the ENS filing for EU.. Makes for interesting reading..

Shipper claims “Silliness” over carrier compliance requirements for EU advanced data rules BY THE SHIPPERS’ VOICE ⋅ JANUARY 17, 2011 ⋅ ⋅ POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER 24 HOUR…

This blog will now tweet as well

In keeping with the modern methods of keeping in touch and based on requests from readers this blog is now linked to Twitter (Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read other user messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters.) as well..

You can view all the Tweets (updates via Twitter) on the right side…

Answers to Test your shipping knowledge – week 49

1) What is meant by the term DDP..??

(Refer to http://shippingandfreightresource.com/2008/11/15/article-7-inco-terms/)

2) What is the significance of the term Ex-Works..??

(Refer to http://shippingandfreightresource.com/2008/11/15/article-7-inco-terms/)

3) Which is the 1st page of a bill of lading

(Each bill of lading has two sides (pages) – the 1st page is the page which displays the terms and…

What is MSDS and why is it important..??

Hey all.. If you are reading this you might have noticed the header of the blog has now caught up with the rest of the country in the Soccer Fever.. Just thought i would let you know in case you didn’t notice.. Now to the topic..

Often when you contact a shipping line to book a hazardous cargo, one of the questions they would (or should) ask you is if you have an MSDS for the cargo.. What exactly…