April 2 is the second day of the closure of Puxi area in Shanghai. At about 13:00, the Sino Japanese liner “xinjianzhen” set sail smoothly from the Jungong road Wharf in Shanghai to Japan. On this voyage, Wusong customs supervised a total of 96teu “xinjianzhen” export containers and completed the inspection of 9 tickets, involving clothing, auto parts, industrial production equipment and other categories.
At about 16:00, another Sino Japanese liner “Suzhou” loaded with important equipment and raw materials required for the production and operation of the enterprise arrived in Shanghai on time and berthed at the wharf of Jungong road. Wusong customs remotely supervised the imported containers unloaded by video, supervised a total of 166teu imported containers of this voyage, and supervised their unpacking operations on the spot.
“Suzhou” and “xinjianzhen” are operated by China Japan international ferry Co., Ltd. and return to Shanghai Kobe Osaka once a week. In March 2021, two liner ships officially moved from the North Bund of Hongkou District, which has been berthed for 36 years, to Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) Jungong road wharf for berthing operation. It has been one year since then.
During the closure period from April 1 to 5 in Puxi area, two liner ships came in and out. Zhu Ling, chief of the first inspection section of Wusong customs, led three other business backbones to form a support group and entered the port area in advance on March 31 to ensure the normal development of business.
Zhu Ling and several other colleagues did several rounds of nucleic acid testing in advance before entering the station. Wusong customs has equipped the entry team with inspection vehicles, marching beds, instant noodles and other living materials.
In order to ensure the punctual departure of the liner, Wusong customs has strengthened the communication with shipping companies and terminal operators in the early stage, mastered the loading of export goods and formulated relevant supervision plans. According to the change of the arrival time of export goods, adjust the bayonet duty arrangement, the inspection customs officers arrive at the post in advance, and inspect the goods through the unaccompanied inspection system to ensure rapid inspection and release.
The two liner ships set sail on time at noon every Tuesday and Saturday. The whole voyage is 45 hours. They are fast ships in maritime transportation, which is called “secondary Airlines”. The liner is fast and punctual, and has high requirements for customs supervision. In August and September 2021, due to the impact of the epidemic, aircraft flights were reduced, airport cargo was once overstocked, and the business volume of China Japan liner with high range stability surged. To this end, Wusong customs has taken many measures, including establishing a normal communication mechanism with shipping companies and terminal operators, mastering the warehouse booking information of import and export goods at least half a day in advance, formulating a customs supervision and service plan in advance, and expanding the coverage of unaccompanied inspection. Wusong customs also took the initiative to “send policies to the door” to Sino Japanese liner ships, and implemented convenience measures such as “direct delivery of imported goods at the ship’s side” and “direct loading of export goods at the port of arrival”, so as to reduce the cost of goods loading and storage, and help “secondary Airlines” run out of the new speed since the outbreak.
In this regard, Qian Feng, general manager of China Japan international ferry Co., Ltd., expressed deep emotion: “this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan and the 37th anniversary of the operation of China Japan ferry. The speed, punctuality and stability of our liner are inseparable from the strong support of the customs, which is particularly important in such a complex period of the epidemic in Shanghai. I sincerely thank the Customs for their persistence and dedication.”
