Shipping to and from U.A.E.

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Combined Demurrage and Detention

Combined demurrage and detention starts from gate-out empty day (included) from terminal, ends with shipped on board date (included).

Currency - AED

Free time

TYPE	DRY	FLAT & OPEN TOP	REEFER	IMO
TYPE DAYS	DRY 10	FLAT & OPEN TOP 5	REEFER 5	IMO 5

Tariff after free time

Days after freetime expiration	20' DRY/NOR	40'/45' DRY/HC/NOR
Days after freetime expiration Day 11– 14	20' DRY/NOR 85	40'/45' DRY/HC/NOR 170
Days after freetime expiration Day 15 - 21	20' DRY/NOR 170	40'/45' DRY/HC/NOR 340
Days after freetime expiration Day 22 Onwards	20' DRY/NOR 340	40'/45' DRY/HC/NOR 680

Days after freetime expiration	20' REEF	40' REEF	20'FLAT / OPEN TOP	40'FLAT / OPEN TOP	20'IMO / 40'IMO
Days after freetime expiration Day 6 - 10	20' REEF 250	40' REEF 500	20'FLAT / OPEN TOP 85	40'FLAT / OPEN TOP 170	20'IMO / 40'IMO 85 / 170
Days after freetime expiration Day 11 – 15	20' REEF 500	40' REEF 1000	20'FLAT / OPEN TOP 170	40'FLAT / OPEN TOP 340	20'IMO / 40'IMO 170 / 340
Days after freetime expiration Day 16 Onwards	20' REEF 1000	40' REEF 2000	20'FLAT / OPEN TOP 340	40'FLAT / OPEN TOP 680	20'IMO / 40'IMO 340 / 680

Storage

Mention triggers for calculation as per standard triggers

All U.A.E. Ports excluding sharjah

Free time

TYPE	20' ALL TYPES	40' ALL TYPES	20'OOG	40'OOG
TYPE Days	20' ALL TYPES 10	40' ALL TYPES 10	20'OOG 10	40'OOG 10

Tariff after free time

Days after freetime expiration	20' ALL TYPES	40' ALL TYPES	20'OOG	40'OOG
Days after freetime expiration Day 11 - 30	20' ALL TYPES 31	40' ALL TYPES 62	20'OOG 93	40'OOG 186
Days after freetime expiration Day 31 - 60	20' ALL TYPES 41	40' ALL TYPES 82	20'OOG 123	40'OOG 246
Days after freetime expiration Day 61 onwards	20' ALL TYPES 82	40' ALL TYPES 164	20'OOG 246	40'OOG 492

Sharjah PORT - Free time:

TYPE	20'ALL TYPES	40'ALL TYPES	20'OOG	40'OOG
TYPE Days	20'ALL TYPES 30	40'ALL TYPES 30	20'OOG NIL	40'OOG NIL

Tariff after free time

Days after freetime expiration	20' ALL TYPES	40' ALL TYPES
Days after freetime expiration Day 31 - 60	20' ALL TYPES 75	40' ALL TYPES 150
Days after freetime expiration Day 61 onwards	20' ALL TYPES 150	40' ALL TYPES 300

Tariff after free time

Days afterfreetimeexpiration	20'OOG	40'OOG
Days afterfreetimeexpiration Day 1 - 10	20'OOG 60	40'OOG 120
Days afterfreetimeexpiration Day 11 - 30	20'OOG 90	40'OOG 180
Days afterfreetimeexpiration Day 31 - 60	20'OOG 160	40'OOG 320
Days afterfreetimeexpiration Day 61 onwards	20'OOG 200	40'OOG 400

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Port	Vessel Name / Voyage	ETA / ETD	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade
Port Abu Dhabi Port	Vessel Name / Voyage QINGDAO STAR / 2616	ETA / ETD Tue 14 09:00 / Wed 15 03:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Fri 10 14:00 / Sat 11 14:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 12 09:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Mon 13 21:00
Port Ajman Port	Vessel Name / Voyage DUBAI VENTURE / 340G	ETA / ETD Tue 14 14:00 / Wed 15 12:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Mon 13 08:00 / Mon 13 13:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 12 14:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Tue 14 02:00
Port Ajman Port	Vessel Name / Voyage DUBAI VENTURE / 341W	ETA / ETD Wed 15 01:00 / Wed 15 08:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Mon 13 08:00 / Mon 13 13:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 12 15:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Tue 14 13:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage DUBAI VENTURE / 341G	ETA / ETD Wed 15 16:00 / Fri 17 04:01	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Mon 13 08:00 / Mon 13 13:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 12 16:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Wed 15 04:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage DUBAI VENTURE / 340W	ETA / ETD Wed 15 17:00 / Thu 16 23:59	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Mon 13 10:00 / Mon 13 15:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 12 17:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Wed 15 05:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage X-PRESS KOHIMA / 126E	ETA / ETD Fri 17 13:00 / Sat 18 13:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Tue 14 11:00 / Tue 14 17:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Tue 14 07:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Fri 17 01:00
Port Sharjah	Vessel Name / Voyage X-PRESS KOHIMA / 126W	ETA / ETD Sun 19 01:00 / Sun 19 15:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Thu 16 14:00 / Fri 17 11:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Thu 16 13:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Sat 18 13:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage X-PRESS KOHIMA / 126N	ETA / ETD Mon 20 01:00 / Tue 21 02:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Fri 17 11:00 / Fri 17 17:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Thu 16 19:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Sun 19 13:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage QINGDAO STAR / 617W	ETA / ETD Mon 20 11:00 / Tue 21 05:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Fri 17 11:00 / Fri 17 17:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sat 18 02:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Sun 19 23:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage AS CLEMENTINA / 412W	ETA / ETD Wed 22 13:00 / Thu 23 22:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Fri 17 14:00 / Mon 20 10:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 19 13:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Wed 22 01:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage SLS TOPAZ / 616S	ETA / ETD Mon 20 19:00 / Tue 21 13:30	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Fri 17 14:00 / Sat 18 14:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sat 18 16:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Mon 20 07:00
Port Abu Dhabi Port	Vessel Name / Voyage QINGDAO STAR / 617W	ETA / ETD Tue 21 12:00 / Wed 22 06:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Sun 19 11:00 / Sun 19 17:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Sun 19 12:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Tue 21 00:00
Port Jebel Ali T2	Vessel Name / Voyage MAERSK BALTIMORE / 616W	ETA / ETD Wed 15 07:00 / Thu 16 03:00	Booking Cut off (Flyer & Blank DCC) / Load list / SI Cut off Mon 13 14:00 / Tue 14 09:00	3rd Party SOC loading file updation deadline Mon 13 12:00	VGM & ED/Gate in Cut off (Tentative) / Please refer Dubai trade Tue 14 19:00

If the actual commodity is Steel Coil or Metal Material Article with weight of per unit more than 2 tons then you must have to follow a Process of standard stuffing to avoid cargo shift during transport.

If single Commodity weight is more than 2 ton or Commodities in bundles or multiple commodities put on pallet then Single pallet weight is more than 2 ton, we require stuffing images in word file format for each container separately.

If your actual Commodity is METAL COIL / Similar = Please refer attached TT Club guidelines + COIL REQUEST TEMPLATE version 1.16

If your actual Commodity is Metal Plates / Similar = Please refer attached Plates A REQUEST TEMPLATE version 1.4

If your actual Commodity is Metal Pipes/Rod / Similar = PIPE D Heavy Bars REQUEST TEMPLATE version 1.3

Please do not gate-in Containers until Stuffing wise acceptance is received from our side.

Important note: Unless the pictures of stuffing and securing are sent and stuffing acceptance confirmation received from our end, kindly do not seal the box or move them to gate in. Improper lashing / securing can be unseaworthy and pose threat to life and can damage crane/vehicle/cargo/container and/or vessel.