Effective March 15, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin full enforcement of the ISF-5 filing requirement for Foreign Retained on Board (FROB) cargo. This will affect any foreign cargo that calls a U.S. port during transit.

Per our Customer Advisory dated January 30th, 2019, General Average was declared for the Yantian Express and consequently, all cargo interests are required to post General Average and Salvage Security before their cargo will be released. The vessel is currently still in Freeport, Bahamas, but all cargo from the affected areas has now been discharged and we anticipate a final port of call will soon be nominated for the remaining cargo.

Further to our Customer Advisory dated March 19, 2019, we are pleased to report that all
containers in the fire impacted areas in way of cargo holds 1 and 2 (on and under deck) have
been discharged from the vessel.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has recently announced the new global container service
network for 2019.

Further to our Customer Advisory dated March 11, 2019, please be informed that salvage operations in Free port are continuing as previously advised.

EU Customs - Impact on EU Security Filing Requirements in case of “No-Deal Brexit”

Further to our Customer Advisory dated March 5, 2019, please be informed that salvage
operations in Freeport are continuing as previously advised.

Further to our Customer Advisory dated February 19, 2019, please be informed that salvage operations in Freeport are continuing as planned with the discharge of fire impacted containers and door end inspections of potentially damaged containers as identified and documented on the RHL website.

We would like to inform you that effective 1st March 2019 (BL date), a cargo Tracking Note (CTN) is mandatory for all shipments to Senegal.

It is mandatory for all Export cargo bound to a destination in Senegal to have a pre-validated CTN (Cargo Tracking Note) per commodity item which need to be mentioned on the BL and Cargo Manifest. Shipper is responsible to provide the CTN within 14 days after vessel departure from origin or prior vessel arrival at Dakar (Senegal) whichever comes first. With effective from 1st August 2019 (BL date), ONE will hold BL issuance until CTN is received from shipper and a surcharge of USD250/BL will be imposed if CTN submission is beyond the designated deadline.

As you would be aware, MV “Yantian Express” suffered a major fire that has resulted in both the vessel and a proportion of the cargo becoming either fire- or water damaged. Salvors SMIT Salvage Americas, LLC have been engaged under a Lloyds Open Form contract (LOF). On termination of the services under the LOF, the Salvors are entitled to retain the cargo until salvage security is provided.