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Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “Baltimore Dundalk will be closed for Non-Runner and Forklift receiving starting Monday, May 12, due to space constraints.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “please be advised that the port of Wilmington will be closed for non-runner and forklift receiving starting Wednesday, April 30 due to space constraints."

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “Please be advised that Jacksonville Amports will reopen on Monday, April 21st, for forklift receiving.

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Par Sallaum Line, “Jacksonville Terminal will resume accepting Forklifts as of Monday, April 21st, 2025.”

The Ghanem Team would like to wish everyone a Happy Good Friday and Easter Weekend! 

Please note Ghanem Office in Baltimore currently plans to be open for the morning of Good Friday, April 18, with limited staff in the office till the afternoon. Please send bookings per usual as we will have staff working on Dock Receipts from home till end of normal business day.  We will resume normal business hours on Monday April 21. 

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “the Port of Wilmington is now open for non-runner and forklift receiving.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “as from Monday April 14 Jacksonville Amports will be closed for forklift receive due to space constraints on terminal.  Friday April 11^th will be last day for forklift receiving.  They will still be receiving runners and non-runners.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Please note for Good Friday, April 18: 
-Baltimore, Freeport & Jacksonville CLOSED
-Davisville Norad OPEN

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Please note for Good Friday, April 18: ALL ACL RORO Ports Closed.

Per ACL, “Please be advised, that in view of increasing number of events where Tank trucks were actually delivered as Regular Trucks (and no mention of the Tank) we are now requiring strict adherence to the following:

-Any unit (Static/ Rolling/ Towable) referred as TANK must be specifically booked at such, and the commodity description needs to clearly identify the cargo as being a TANK

-Tank cleaning Inspection / Gas free Certificates from Certified Marine Chemist are required

-If any shipments are found to be in breach of carrier's requirements, this will constitute sufficient grounds for recovery of all associated costs and immediate termination of this service contract or booking acceptance.”

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Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Per ACL, “Please be advised that as of Friday, March 21, 2025, we will no longer be able to accept non-runners and forklift units.  The yard is almost full. We will be able to start accepting again after the next vessel loads.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Per ACL, “Please be advised that Baltimore Shed 12 and Dundalk Lot 1501 will be shutting down at 2:00pm today.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Per ACL, “Due to the forecasted severe weather today, March 5, 2025, Seagirt Marine Terminal will be closing at 1:00 PM. All trucks will be serviced by 2:00 PM.”

“Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has initiated new guidelines on dwelling time for cargo that remains on terminal grounds for more than 30 days after vessel discharge. Any vehicle that remains on terminal grounds for over 30 days becomes subject to abandonment and auction proceedings by NCS. To avoid vehicle abandonment and auction, you must make sure to take delivery of your car promptly after arrival. These new procedures are implemented and handled directly by Nigeria Customs and Sallaum Lines has no ability to stop auction proceedings. Please note that Forwarding Agent/NVOCC will remain responsible for all ocean freight and other charges even if a vehicle is considered abandoned by NCS."

IMPORTANT for all Lagos, Nigeria RORO Shippers to take note and be aware.  Please note important announcement from Grimaldi ACL: “Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are now actively auctioning vehicles that stay in the terminal for more than 30 days after vessel discharge. If you do not want your vehicle auctioned, you must speedily conclude with the affected consignee to ensure the vehicle is taken delivery of as soon as possible. Neither Grimaldi Nigeria nor PTML terminal can stop NCS from auctioning these vehicles. Shipper, forwarder and or consignee of affected vehicles cannot hold the Line, Grimaldi Nigeria or PTML responsible if vehicles are auctioned. Ocean freight and other charges associated to the cargo remain fully due.”

South Locust Point terminal has faced capacity issues that have limited their receiving lanes and caused delays for all drivers. The Silver Soul finished loading operations on February 14th and provided the terminal with much needed relief. Further, the RCC Antwerp is scheduled to load ALL cleared cargo from SLP this Friday, February 21st. This will fully alleviate all space constraints and receiving delays at SLP. As of this morning, SLP has gained back most of their receiving lanes which will improve the receiving process the rest of this week and by Monday February 24th, 2025, we anticipate that all receiving lanes will be reopened with NO DELAYS or extended waiting times.

Ghanem office will be open with limited staff in office today. We will have team working from home full day normal hours for phones & emails. Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com 

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Per Sallaum - Presidents’ Day 2025 – Monday February 17:

Open: Freeport

Closed: Jacksonville, Davisville Norad, Baltimore SLP

Please note, per ACL – “Gate Hours Update for BWI Seagirt - Wednesday, February 12, 2025 … Due to forecasted inclement weather, the Seagirt Marine Terminal main gate will be open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Wednesday, February 12th. All trucks will be serviced by 5:00 PM. The New Vail outbound gate will be closed.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Open: Freeport, Wilmington

Closed: Baltimore Dundalk, Baltimore Seagirt, Jacksonville, Providence

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Open: Freeport, Baltimore Seagirt, Jacksonville, Providence, Wilmington

Closed: Baltimore Dundalk

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Open: Freeport, Jacksonville, Davisville

Closed: Baltimore SLP

Please note, per ACL, “We have just been notified by Amports terminal in Jacksonville, that the transition from Blount Island facility to Dames Point Terminal has been put on pause. Based on the above please keep delivering your cargo at Blount Island as per standard practice in force and this also after 2/11 as well.” Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per Sallaum Line, “Freeport Terminal will resume accepting Non-Running deliveries as of Monday, February 3rd, 2025.”

Please note and advise your drivers according. Per Sallaum, “Effective mid-February, we will be shifting our terminal operations from Blount Island to Dames Point at Amports Terminal. …Effective, Monday, January 27th, 2025 - Amports Jacksonville Terminal will NOT accept any unit delivered without proper documentation for clearance. There will be no "NO TITLE" requests approved until after our move to Dames Point is complete. All rejections or NO TITLE units MUST be cleared by February 10th, 2025. If they are not cleared, it will be your responsibility to remove and redeliver these units to the new terminal.”

Please be advised our telephone lines are experiencing disruptions this afternoon. There is a global outage with the service provider. They provide service for major players on the market, so we expect the issue to be resolved soon. Their support lines are down so we have not received an update their expected resumption of service. Please email docs@gforwarding.com for bookings and customerservice@gforwarding.com for urgent assistance. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you.

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “Amports and Port America will reopen Wednesday, January 22 at 1300.  They will remain closed tomorrow morning only reopening in the afternoon.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com

Per ACL, “both Freeport Amports and Ports America will be closed … Tuesday, January 21st, due to expected inclement weather.  They should resume normal operations Wednesday 22nd.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Please send booking / dock receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com 

Per Sallaum Line, “Due to current weather conditions the Freeport terminal will be Closed Tuesday, January 21st.”

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly, per Sallaum for terminal status 1/20/2025:

OPEN: Jacksonville, Davisville

CLOSED: Baltimore SLP, Freeport

Please send booking / dock receipt requests to: docs@gforwarding.com

Please note and advise your drivers according, per ACL. “Please note the following updates for MLK Day Monday January 20th: Update: Seagirt will now be open 1/20 MLK Day from 6am to 3pm. EFFECTIVE 1/13 NEW SEAGIRT GATE HOURS WILL BE 6AM TO 4:30PM. Update: BWI Shed 12 will open on Monday 1/20 for Import and Export cargo but there will be no crane orders taken. Note BWI lot 1501 is closed, and no car deliveries will be allowed for both WAF and ACL.”
 

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Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Per Sallaum, “Effective Tuesday January 14th, 2025, Freeport Terminal will resume receiving of Non-Runner units.”  Please send Booking / Dock Receipt requests to docs@gforwarding.com 

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly.  Per ACL, “Dundalk Marine Terminal will be open tomorrow January 7th normal hours, expect delays. The Seagirt Marine Terminal main gate will open at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 7th and will remain open until 5:00 PM as scheduled.” Please email docs@gforwarding.com and phone 410-366-0416 for bookings.

Please note and advise your drivers accordingly. Baltimore RORO Terminals are tentatively open for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7. Please email docs@gforwarding.com and phone 410-366-0416 for bookings and customer service.
-As of now, Sallaum SLP is scheduled to open.