Press Release

An official meeting was held on 17 January 2013 at DaChan Bay Terminal One in moving forward the pilot program of the new and simplified “Joint Declaration, Inspection and Release” clearance service offered by Shenzhen Customs together with Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. The service has also been referred to as the Joint Clearance Scheme which went into trial operation on December 3, 2012.

The new fast-track Joint Clearance Scheme allows importers and exporters utilizing DaChan Bay to enjoy a more efficient customs clearance process, that reduces the number of required inspections, while saving Da Chan Bay customers time and money. The Scheme also creates a more operationally efficient platform for DaChan Bay's expanding third party logistics network in Western Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta.

Mr. Benjamin Lai, Chief Executive Officer of DaChan Bay Terminal One commented: “There have been obvious improvements in the customs clearance efficiency of DaChan Bay since the trial operation of this new simplified Joint Clearance Scheme. Our customers have enjoyed a marked reduction in inspection delays and operating costs under this new program. Information used for cargo declaration is entered only once in the new program, thereby reducing processing time and the potential for data entry errors. The joint inspection of cargo eliminates the need to re-handle containers between inspections, thereby shortening the overall processing time by an average of two hours while reducing instances of vessel delays.

The steady increase of shipping services calling at DaChan Bay Terminal One over the past year reflects the potential of the Western Shenzhen market. New services calling DaChan Bay include OOCL’s Intra-Asia and Transpacific services, which began calling DaChan Bay in August 2012. ”