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The strike at the port of Chile caused the shipping companies to be forced to temporarily change ports

 

The port of Valparaiso in Chile, South America, was affected by the strike of the Union of Loading and Unloading Workers. All port passages were closed and it has been going on for a week. No cargo can reach the terminal yard, and all import and export goods will be seriously affected!

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Due to the strike, a number of shipping companies have announced that they have been forced to temporarily change their ports!

As the entire port of Valparaiso was affected by the strike of the Alliance, all container ships going to the port have been seriously affected and faced with delays. Recently, foreign trade freight forwarding companies exporting to the region should pay attention to. The shipping company and the port of destination agent communicate to avoid unnecessary additional costs.

India’s national strike is about to kick off

 

The Indian Water Transport Workers’ Federation decided to join the Port Federation in a national strike to oppose major port authorities’ efforts to include the bill in the 2016 Winter Conference.

 

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The strike will bring together 10 national trade unions and will conduct a two-day national strike a month later, on January 8 and 9 2019!

India – Mandatory User Charge

 (MUO/ MUD) Charges

 

Please be informed that Hapag-Lloyd will introduce the Mandatory User Charges Origin and Destination (MUO/MUD) for Kolkata, Haldia, Tuticorin and Kandla for export and import shipments with immediate effect for all trades, valid until further notice.

 

Charges will apply for all trades, including trades to and from Europe. The above charges are subject to Goods and Services Tax at prevailing levels.

The Ocean Base rates as well as Bunker related surcharges, Terminal Handling, Security related surcharges, Peak Season surcharges (if applicable) and other charges remain unchanged and for European trades, these can be found here. Other local charges and contingency surcharges may apply.

CEVA Logistics acquires Dharma Logistics

 

CEVA released the latest revised strategic plan on November 26, which will acquire CMA CGM Logistics for US$105 million in cash and is expected to complete the transaction in the second quarter of 2019. 

 

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CEVA believes that the acquisition of CMA CGM will strengthen its advantages in maritime management. It is estimated that in 2021, the total revenue will reach 9 billion US dollars, achieving an average annual growth rate of 5%, of which, CMA CGM will achieve revenue of 630 million US dollars. With CMA CGM Logistics, CEVA traffic will increase by 170,000 TEU to reach the target of 1 million TEU.

OOCL added several routes

 

Recently, OOCL announced the launch of its new direct service from Asia to South Africa, which aims to continuously expand its service network in Africa and meet the growing demand for services in the region. 

 

The new routes are called South Africa 1 (SAF1), South Africa 2 (SAF2) and South Africa 3 (SAF3), which will be put into service on December 6th, November 30th, and December 11th respectively. 

 

The new route will be directly connected to important ports such as Durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth. In addition, OOCL also announced the opening of the North Asian Express (JKN) service on the New Zealand route network from January 1, 2019.

 

 

Deutsche Post launches 17 direct LCL services

DHL Global Forwarding, an air and sea freight specialist under the German Post DHL Group, has announced that it has added 17 Direct LCL services throughout the Americas. 

 

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DHL said the new trade channel is designed to provide greater efficiency and reliability while helping customers reduce inventory. DHL Global Forwarding is one of the world’s leading LCL freight forwarders with 45,000 office locations, on-site service in more than 180 countries and territories, and 4,000 trained experts in more than 330 locations.

Recently, social media in China has exposed many cases of intentional transmission of HIV to others. Although the authenticity of these cases is uncertain, it has caused widespread public concern and controversy.

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Two days ago, a screenshot as below was spread widely in the WeChat Moments:

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Yes, you read that right. Someone is selling the blood of HIV patients. Isn’t this a murder, nor a crime?

In early November, Sina Weibo revealed a jerk with HIV showed off himself infecting a college girl.

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The AIDS patient, whose WeChat name is “animal impermanence”(动物无常), once boasted in the AIDS group that “this successful HIV-infected woman is natural” has caused public outrage. Some netizens even pointed out that “this is totally a criminal act.”

A scum HIV patient showed off his glorious “record” on social platforms.

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A men and a women were acquainted in Tantan 探探 (Chinese version of Tinder). After a sexual relationship, a girl received a big box on her birthday. There is a shroud and a note, which reads: Welcome to join the AIDS club.

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According to the latest data from the Fifth National Conference on AIDS, as of June 30, 2018, a total of 820,756 AIDS patients were found in China, an increase of 14% compared with the same period in 2017. 

 

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In the second quarter of this year, there were 40,104 new cases of AIDS in China, of which 93.1% were sexually transmitted diseases. Among them, 27,968 cases of heterosexual transmission and 9394 cases of homosexual transmission.

Criminal Penalty for People 

Purposely Transmit It

After reading the above cases and the official data above, it sounds really creepy and horrible! You may have doubts, is there any criminal penalty for those people who know that they have AIDS, but purposely transmit others?

According to Chinese law:

“If someone know that he/she is suffering from AIDS or is infected with HIV and is prostituted, according to the provisions of Article 360 of the Criminal Law, he/she shall be convicted of the crime of spreading sexually transmitted diseases and severely punished.”

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Consistent in the following situations to make others infected with HIV:

• Knowing being infected with HIV and is prostituted;

• Knowing being infected with HIV, deliberately does not take preventive measures and have sex with others.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 234 of the Chinese Criminal Law, the crime of intentional injury shall be convicted and punished, department three years in prison and control or detention; 

 

Causing death or serious cruelty resulting in serious injury / serious disability, sentenced to more than ten years in prison, life imprisonment or death penalty.

What to do if you get infected with HIV?

• Treat it rationally. Go to the local CDC for inspections and seek help from government and nonprofit organizations in HIV prevention and treatment. 

• Start treatment based on the results of the examination. 

• To collect evidence and then report to the police.

How do high-risk groups avoid HIV infection?

 

Prevention

Uninfected high-risk people can be prevented with a drug called Truvada. Taking it daily can reduce the likelihood of infection in healthy people who make frequent contact with HIV-infected people.

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Take blocking drugs

Once you realize that this may be a high-risk sexual behavior, or even a malicious transmission of HIV, taking blocking drugs within 72 hours to prevent the spread of HIV in the body. If completed correctly within 72 hours, the probability of failure to block HIV is approximately 5/1000.

Under the new social security supervision and collection mode, in order to provide more detailed business services to foreign-invested enterprises in China, on November 28th, HACOS fourth seminar “Solutions to China’s New Social Insurance Policies for Foreign Companies” held successfully. 

It was highly praised by foreign trade bosses and executives in the trade industry.

Seminar Review

 1 

Background of New policy

Social insurance is a problem that everyone has been paying attention to very much. At the beginning of the lecture, Leo, speaker, started with the basic situation of foreigners participating in insurance in China. 

The key points for the following policies: 

• Social Insurance Law,

• Article Eighty-Six,

• Tax Collection and Administration System Reform.

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Influence of New policy

After the implementation of the new social security policy, the tax bureau has a better understanding of the company’s situation, and holds all the data information of the enterprise. There are also many means of taxation. Enterprises face 

• Increasing costs, 

• Paying off the difference in social security premiums, 

• Company’s credit rating is affected.

 

If you want to know the impact of the new policy on your company, please inform the speaker Leo (email: leo@hacos.cn) about the basic situation of the company, we will reply as soon as we receive the email.

 3 

Six Traps of Social Insurance

• Not buy social insurance during the probation period,

• Staff sign to give up,

• Pay on Minimum line,

• No labor contract& social insurance,

• File fail to transfer,

• Pay by cash.

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How Company React？

• Declear Social Insurance in Reasonable Way,

• Reduce Labor Cost,

• Change Recruitment Strategy,

• Keep Good Credit.

Paying tax and social insurance will contribute to keep the good record in bank and tax bureau even immigration.

 5 

Benefits of Buying Social Insurance

Leo takes the Labor and Social Security Law as the main content, and focuses on the social security issues such as pension insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance, and industrial injury insurance, which are of particular concern to foreigners. 

 

Through real-life cases, foreigners are encouraged to participate in Chinese social security.

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HACOS Social Insurance Service

At the end of the seminar, HACOS gave presents to everyone.

Free Service for Social Insurance Registration, as long as…

• Pay Tax and Social insurance in legal way,

• Accounting in HACOS.

After the event, foreign friends asked questions and sought solutions from their own business. Leo and our team of consultants answered the questions on the spot.

If you have any questions about social security, please leave a comment below!

Friends who missed this seminar and wanted to join us next time, please follow our official WeChat account and pay attention to the latest update. There will be a series of business seminars coming soon.