Huangdao container terminal is busy these days devanning large numbers of containers of softwood logs. There is no time to waste in the container business with shipping lines charging high detention fees for late returns. Huangdao is TPT’s largest discharge port for Australian containerized log exports.
These photos highlight the newly monitored and enforced 25MT per 40’FCL net weight restrictions implemented in September last year. Most containers are shown as 3/4 full, which was not the case prior to the implementation of the weight restriction. This has become an expensive regulation for most log exporters with the net result being an increase in container freight costs per JAS of logs. However it undoubtedly has made a significant improvement in safety and reduction in wear and tear on Chinese roads for all the light three axle container trucks carrying heavy payloads of logs around China.
