近日一名承运人涉及一个案件，美国海关干预阻止运输一批将运往越南的垃圾，如果该货物没有被美国海关截留，将很可能运抵越南，之后被抛弃，由承运人处理该有害垃圾。另一种可能是该货物被拒收，承运人得自行承担费用把货物运回美国。任一种情况下对运输公司来说都很昂贵，大量时间和金钱都将花费在试从托运人处索取费用。我们建议现在与下列公司有贸易关系的会员今后不要再接受任何订单。我们进一步建议航运公司对低价值的货物进行随机检查，以保证托运人已适当地申报所有商品。 详见附件。
Illegal Waste Cargoes – USA (from UK)
Recently a carrier has been involved in a case where the US customs intervened to prevent a shipment of waste intended for Vietnam where if this shipment was not intercepted by US Customs it would likely have arrived in Vietnam and been subsequently abandoned leaving the carrier to dispose of the hazardous waste. Alternatively the shipment may have been rejected and re-exported back to the US at cost to the carrier. In either scenario, it would have been very costly to the line and a lot of time and money spent trying to recover the costs from the shipper. Details please refer to attached Circular.
