Collect empty containers from yard

Case Study

Title: Export of Sugars from Thailand to Bangladesh, 2011

Corridors and Routes: Thailand to Bangladesh

Trade Product: Sugar

Trade Type: Export

Process Analysis: Export from Thailand

Exporting Country: Thailand

Importing Country: Bangladesh

Category: Inland carriage and handling

Country and Procedure Description: Collect empty containers from yard(Export from THA to BGD/Sugar)

Related Rules, Laws and Regulations:

Actors and Participants: - Carrier (Shipping Line)
- Port Authority
- Inland Haulage

Input Criteria to Enter or Begin the Business Process: -An exporter has already arranged transportation for cargo movement.

Activities and Associated Documentary Requirements: 1. A driver takes the haulage to the specified container yard to pick up an empty container. 2. A carrier submits Empty Container Movement Request (KBT.05) to ask for the permission to transfer an empty container to exporter’s premise. 3. If a carrier wishes to make an upfront payment, an officer at Port Authority collects associated port charges and issues a receipt upon a receipt of charges. If a carrier has already made an arrangement with Port Authority for a bulk payment, an officer at Port Authority records the amount to be paid. 4. An officer at Port Authority then allocates necessary equipment and lifts an empty container on to haulage

Output Criteria to Exit the Business Process: -An empty container has already been lifted on to haulage and the driver is ready to take it to exporter’s premise.

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Number of Required Documents: 2

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