Shipping to and from Colombia

Port / terminal Names: All Ports
Effective date: 1 January 2020
Charge Type: Export Detention
Transport Mode: All transport modes
Service Mode: All service modes

Standard rates applicable after free time

Export, Colombia as Origin (Effective from 1st December 2023)

• Freight currency payment: For payment in Colombian pesos, This ROE is an average of the buy/sell rate and does not constitute a tradable price. This average ROE also does not incorporate the cost Maersk takes by accepting payment in a currency different from the contracted currency
  Maersk will adjust the ROE via a fixed adjustment of 3% in Colombia. This adjustment reflects the cost of foreign exchange (trading spreads, currency volatility and USD liquidity risk) in the respective currency. The adjustment is fixed and can be revisited on a quarterly basis subject to change in macroeconomic environment. The adjustments are publicly available on www.maersk.com/myfinance/
• For dry cargo, prepaid and collect payment both are acceptable, except household, which must be prepaid.

Important message: From February 15^th 2024, the issuance of comodato and the billing of local charges will be provided by Aras under ARAS SAS.

Local surcharges

Pick up from APM Terminals Cartagena

Please in the following attachments relevant information an the procedure to pick up empty containers from APM Terminals Cartagena

Step-by-step guides to shipping from Colombia.

Please find below guides with instructions on how to ship your cargo from Colombia, based on cargo type.

Information about ARAS (Comodatos)

Horario de atención, lunes a viernes de 8:00am a 12:00m y de 2:00pm a 5:00pm, sábados de 8:30am a 12:00m

For new customers, please see instructions below on how to register.

• No amendments to weight and/or quantities after vessel departure unless approved by customs authorities.
• Shipper must be Colombian and not foreign
• Shipping used batteries are not allowed.
• It is not possible to handle BLs with Natural persons as Shipper.
• Cargo destined to Venezuela must have all charges PREPAID.
• Commodity: No specific restriction apply. Time for booking confirmation and equipment assignment for reefer, hazardous and oversized cargo is 24 hours.
• Special cargos: CFS cargo is not acceptable (except by coffee cargo). CFS: Maersk is responsible for stuffing.
• Weight / Measurement: Weight must be manifested in kilos and measurement in cubic meters (CMB). Weight and measurement limited according capacity of container.
• B/Ls clausing, documentation: “Clean on board” clause is not allowed. Can be used "Declared clean by the Shipper" clause.
• Special customs requirements: Export manifest must be submitted to customs with correct information, local customs authority apply fines in case discrepancies be detected.
• Freight collect: It is not allowed for reefer cargo and/or ports in Central America, Africa, Chile unless consignee accepts the charges. Households can not be collect.
• No dummy Bs/l (there is missing any of the following information: Shipper / consignee, telephone, fax or contact) are accepted by local customs authority for any purpose.
• No changes are allowed on weights and / or quantities in the bill of loading after vessel departure
• CFS service is just accepted for coffee
• On behalf / To order parties are not acceptable on any the Bill of Lading.
• Shipment cancellation policy: We inform that any request for update and/or cancellation of shipment received after the documentation cut off will be subject to verification and approval taking into account the nature of the operation.

For this reason, we suggest to update shipments before the aforementioned date, because the Carrier has already received instructions from the shipper, in accordance with Clause 8.3. of the Terms of Carriage.