Container Deposit Refund System Goes Live

  • Importers and customs brokers can now register with an online system that simplifies and speeds up container deposit refund
  • The Container Ledger Account went live for pilot-testing on December 1
  • CLA fee is being waived for the whole month of December

Importers and customs brokers can now register with the Container Ledger Account (CLA), an online system that aims to simplify and speed up container deposit refund.

CLA went live for pilot-testing on December 1. It already has several non-vessel operating common carriers, customs brokers and consignees as subscribers, Mahendrarajah Selvaraja (Mahen), president and chief executive officer of Malaysia-based D&D Control (M) SdnBhd, told PortCalls in an email.

The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) earlier tapped D&D to offer an alternative solution to the long-standing issue of return of container deposits.

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