A top tier General Merchandise importer into North America selected Maersk Customs Services to optimise vessel level clearance. The importer was paying a high amount of Merchandise Processing Fees (MPF) on an annual basis.
Administration costs and reconciliation were increasing as the company grew its imports year-on-year. A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) took on the challenge and provided an efficient solution.
The challenge
- The importer was paying a high amount of Merchandise Processing Fees (MPF) on an annual basis.
- Administration costs and reconciliation were increasing, as the company grew its imports year-on-year.
The customer
- Top tier General Merchandise importer into North America.
- Received and delivered cargo from multiple origins to multiple destination ports in the United States of America (USA) and Canada.
- Partnership with Maersk for 15+ years in SCM and CHB.
Maersk Customs Services
- Maersk Customs Services formalises a pilot programme, along with a long-term road map to combine multiple Bills of Lading per vessel to a single entry.
- The number of entries per Bill of Lading per vessel comes down from 40 to 1.
- Maersk works closely with the authorities, if any container is on hold. The other containers are released to the client, while the on-hold container is inspected.
The result
- The customer availed US$ 700,000 savings in the first year’s pilot programme and US$ 1.5 million savings in the second year.
- Maersk’s solution reduced the need for administrative and financial reconciliations.
