As we approach the Chinese New Year and see an increase in air and sea freight, it’s vital you know the cut-offs, booking timelines and cargo receipt.

As a result of the ongoing Red Sea crisis, sea freight services are seeing extended transit times and schedule disruptions, therefore many are turning to air or multimodal solutions, such as air/sea. It’s important to know the dates and cut-offs for the upcoming holidays.

Chinese New Year runs from Saturday 10th February to Friday 16th February but booking dates and cut-off times vary by region. In Hong Kong, the holidays will run from Saturday 10th February to Tuesday 13th February, with local teams resuming work on Wednesday 14th February.

Due to the longer Chinese New Year holidays on the Mainland, trucking services into and out of Hong Kong will be affected over the longer period.

Please find the details below.

Mainland China
Booking cut off time: Monday 5th February.
Document and cargo receipt cut off time: 10:00hrs on Friday 9th February.

Hong Kong
Booking cut off time: Monday 5th February.
Cut off for cargo collection/Receipt in Shenzhen & Guangzhou: Tuesday 6th February.
Cut off for cargo collection Dates in Hong Kong: Friday 9th February 12:00 noon.
Cut off for cargo receipt at Hong Kong Airport warehouse: Friday 9th February 22:00hrs.

The last console trucks will depart Shenzhen and Guangzhou on Wednesday 7th February with an ETA in our Hong Kong warehouse of same day/Thursday 8th February latest.

Warehouses in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are closed from Thursday 8th February to Friday 16th February and will resume operations from Saturday 17th February.

We wish all of our customers and clients celebrating a happy, healthy and prosperous Chinese New Year.