Below you can find regulations for handling of second-hand vehicles.
Acceptance criteria that a vehicle has to meet:
• vehicles must be drivable; (and for example no flat tires)
• bonnet, boot lid and doors must be present. The two front-doors, viz. the driver’s and passenger’s door, have to be in working order and it should be possible to open them manually.
• vehicles must not leak (e.g. fuel, oil, battery fluid, coolant);
• driver’s seat must be present and like the passenger’s seat must be completely free. If no passenger’s seat is present, the place provided for it also has to be completely free
• vehicles may not show any visible traces that they have been cut into pieces and subsequently welded together again
• there should not be any visible signs present that could indicate that the structure of the vehicle has been damaged (e.g. reinforcement beams or straps);
• there should not be any signs of major fire, structural damage, such as sagging chassis plates, substantial damage to the bodywork, missing tyres, loose parts, etc.
• Every tanker and tank truck must be accompanied by a cleaning and gas-free certificate. : attention ! official certificate !
• All basic units + 3.5 ton (trucks, buses, tractors, road material, closed, heavy delivery vans (“big vans”), and closed trucks) must be SELF-PROPELLED and able to drive into the terminal and move around under their own power.
• In the event of a problem with a unit loaded piggyback or on a trailer, the entire combination will be rejected until the problem with the unit has been resolved.
If it is determined that one of these acceptance criteria is not met, the vehicle must be refused access to the terminal.
Vehicles that are rejected by the terminal according are not permitted to come on to the terminal site and have to be removed immediately (to the shipper).
The terminal has to submit to the carrier the “rejected vehicles” form for signature. The latter contains the instructions which the carrier has to follow by order of the Port Captains Service (HKD) and for compliance with the regulations issued by the HKD.
Rejected vehicles may not be offered for shipment to any terminal unless their condition has been correctly amended so that they do meet the acceptance criteria.
No additional cargo may be placed at the terminal
Additional cargo has to be in accordance with all applicable national and international regulations such as customs regulations, European regulation on the transfer of waste products, Basel Convention, etc (not inclusive).
IMDG goods, in whatever quantity, are strictly prohibited
Soiled goods are strictly prohibited
Every lorry and/or vehicle of more than 3.5 ton including additional cargo has to be accompanied by a weigh bill that is not older than 4 hours and on which the following information is stated:
• company that performed the weighing
• date and time of the weighing
• identification of the vehicle (including chassis number)
• weight of the loaded vehicle
A vehicle whose additional cargo does not comply with the rules stated above is to be regarded as a non-compliant vehicle and will be rejected at the gate .
Vehicles that are found to have irregular additional cargo at the terminals can be blocked by the competent authorities, but always have to be removed or brought into conformity within 5 working days.
As you will understand that all parties involved including the shippers have to follow these new regulations from the Environmental and Port Authorities.