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Vietnam container operators face terminal handling charges
POSTED: 10:28 a.m. EDT, May 28,2007
CONTAINERS unloaded at the new Nghi Son port in Thanh Hoa province may face a new terminal handling charge (THC) levied by conference-like international shipping agreement groups, reports the Vietnam New Agency.
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce vice president Hoang Van Dung said the THC would be US$20 per TEU and $30 per FEU while the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has already introduced a $50 rate per TEU and $75 per FEU.
It has also been suggested that the charge to be collected in Vietnam starting from January 2008 would be $60 per TEU and $90 per FEU, according to a recent letter from the IADA to the chamber, said Mr Dung.
The IADA has yet to accept the proposed THC starting levels suggested by a Vietnamese council. The council, a body of textile, footwear, electronics, seafood and agri-business exporters set up to negotiate terms along with the government representatives from the Civil Maritime Administration and the ministries of trade, finance and transport has petitioned the IADA to postpone the THC collection until next year, arguing that application should be in sync with annual contracts already signed. |
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