Open this file to download opening days and times for our key Ports, Hauliers and Depots over Christmas and New Year 2006/07
December 15, 2006
OOCL (UK) Ltd will be open during normal business hours over the Christmas and New Year period, with the exception of Monday 25th December, Tuesday 26th December, and Monday 1st January when all offices will be closed. Our Glasgow office will also be closed Tuesday 2nd January.
Contact phone numbers including emergency contact numbers for out of hours are listed in our Local Contacts page.
December 12, 2006
From the 1st January 2007 our Inland Fuel Surcharge will reduce from 9.07% to 6.78%.
This surcharge applies to all carrier haulage within the UK, unless otherwise stated in the rate agreement or service contract that covers the shipment concerned.
December 01, 2006
OOCL is please to announce a change of transhipment hub to Southampton for the majority of shipments* to / from Northern Ireland.
This will bring customers the following benefits,
November 16, 2006
December Notice: Member Lines of the FEFC wish to advise Shippers:-
Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)
To/From UK, North West Continent, Mediterranean and Scandinavia - The BAF applicable for the month of December 2006 will be USD 248.00 per TEU/USD 12.40 W/M LCL
November 01, 2006
We are today launching our new Shipping Information Board, a value-added tool which will give you better visibility of local vessel movements.
It includes Arrivals, Departures, Export Cutoffs, Import UVIs and Rates of Exchange in one at-a-glance view.
November 01, 2006
We are pleased to announce that effective November 25th, the present OOCL dedicated SBX3 service linking Grangemouth, Hull, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Amsterdam will be replaced by the new “UK Express”, which will link Grangemouth and Hull with the port of Southampton.
The weekly sailings provided by the 260-teu mv ‘Elisabeth’ will provide relay to and from OOCL’s Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and North America services.
October 19, 2006
Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA) Scope Cargo
Based upon the softening of fuel prices during the latest monitoring period, TACA’s current Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF), will be adjusted with effect from November 16th, 2006 to the following levels:
October 18, 2006
November Notice: Member Lines of the FEFC wish to advise Shippers:-
Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)
To/From UK, North West Continent, Mediterranean and Scandinavia - The BAF applicable for the month of November 2006 will be USD 264.00 per TEU/USD 13.20 W/M LCL.
October 02, 2006
Due to increased costs for road transport moving via Leeds and Manchester railheads we will be implementing increases to our haulage tariff for all cargo moving via these locations with effect from 1st October 2006.
The increases will be approx GBP 5 to 10 per 20/40GP & HQ.
September 06, 2006
From early September 2006 the UK port call for our Transatlantic GEX1, GAX, GMX and PAX services will change from Thamesport to Southampton. We can confirm there will be no changes to port rotation of the services concerned, day of UK call, or transit times.
August 16, 2006
We would like to remind customers that from 5th July 2006 US Customs have been ordering any goods or wood packaging materials that do not comply with the Wood Packaging Material Regulations introduced in 2005 to be immediately returned to the country from where they were shipped. The measures require that wood packing material be heat-treated or fumigated, then stamped with an identification code.
July 21, 2006
