Shipping to and from Colombia

New container yard CENTRO LOGISTICO Y PATIO DE CONTENEDORES MAERSK TOCANCIPA. Please find all the details on the following attachment.

Standard free time - Import
Port / terminal Names : All Ports
Valid from : 1st December 2023
Charge type : Demurrage and Detention combined
Transport mode : All transport modes
Service mode : All service modes

Import, Colombia as Destination (Effective from 1st December 2023)

General Demurrage & Detention Information.

• Free time, demurrage, and detention terms apply to the country where the Empty unit is gated-in by the customer or at the location designated by the carrier.
• Demurrage & Detention combined | from discharge of Full unit at terminal/ depot to gate in Empty return of the unit at terminal/depot.
• Charges in USD per calendar day (including weekends and holidays).
• Maersk uses a Progressive method to calculate demurrage and detention charges after the free time expires. For customers with special agreements, exceeding the extended free time will incur demurrage and detention charges based on the relevant day count within our tiered tariff structure. This means that subsequent charges beyond the extended free time will not automatically be calculated using the first-tier rates. Discharge Date is considered the starting point for calculating demurrage and detention combined.

Free Time.

• Intermodal Free Time: Free time conditions are the same for both Carrier and Merchant Haulage. The Free Time period begins on the discharge date of the full unit and ends upon the gate-in of the empty unit to the terminal or depot assigned by the carrier.
• Hazardous cargo receives the same free time conditions as dry units. However, responsibility for the handling and storage of hazardous cargo at terminals and depots remains with the cargo owners.
• Non-Operating Reefer (NOR): DRY equipment (40DRY includes 8'6 & 9'6) free days and per diem conditions applies to NORs. NOR with Hazardous Cargo will be treat as DRY.

Equipment Types.

• Dry Equipment refers to 20-foot Dry, 40-foot Dry, 40-foot High-Cube, 45-foot Dry, and Reefer units (20'RF, 40'RF, and 40'RH). Special equipment includes Open Tops, Flat Racks, and Out-of-Gauge cargo. SOC Equipment refers to equipment owned by the merchant/shipper. COC refers to equipment owned by the carrier.
• Shipper-owned containers (SOC) are not subject to detention but are subject to storage and demurrage charges.

Special Conditions.

• Spot conditions may differ from the conditions mentioned above. Maersk Spot (instant booking system) conditions are available in the downloadable document provided Here, which supersedes any separately agreed-upon terms. If you have any doubts, please check with the shipper or your local agents to confirm the booking/shipment modality you used. Link to downloadable document.
• Demurrage and Detention charge applied to any given shipment depends to the PCD: Price Calculation Date (PCD). The following factors should be considered as guidance.
  • PCD for non-FMC shipments – The date when the carrying vessel is scheduled to depart from the Port of Loading.
  • PCD for FMC regulated trades – The date when Maersk Line takes possession of the last container listed on the transport document. This affects the Demurrage and Detention special free time. You will need to negotiate and mutually agree on the specifics before or on the Price Calculation Date.

Other Important Information.

• D&D Calculator Click here to know more about it
• Terminal storage charges may apply, nevertheless, those are charged directly by Terminal Operator.
• Terminal plug-in and electricity charges may apply; however, these charges are billed directly by the Terminal Operator.
• The Shipper assumes, prior to the shipowner, the contractual and legal duty to export/ship their cargo to a Consignee who has a genuine interest and the necessary conditions to acquire/receive the imported cargo. The Shipper is responsible for promoting the effective removal of the cargo at the destination and fulfilling all obligations associated with this act. If the cargo is abandoned at its destination or if the Consignee fails to remove it for any reason, the Shipper shall be jointly and severally liable, together with the Consignee, for all amounts, costs, expenses, damages, or losses incurred by the carrier as a result of this situation.

Mandatory for Customs

Shipper on board is mandatory to file in MUISCA system.
It is not allowed TO ORDER BL, if so, the notify info is used, the cnee must always be Colombian, if it is export, the shipper must be Colombian.
It is mandatory in the BL consignee Name, NIT, PIECES, Weight, Seal (shipper on board)

Only manifest OBL shipped on board, we do not accept SWB or received for shipment.

Import services procedures

• 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^th2024, the issuance of comodato and the billing of local charges will be provided by Aras under ARAS SAS.

Local surcharges

• Used car and/or motorcycle parts and used cars cannot be imported to Colombia without proper authorizations or if the used car is a diplomatic car.
• No amendments to weight and/or quantities after cargo has been manifested. Weights and quantity must be amended at least 3 working days before vessel arrival. Any special request please contact co.import@maersk.com
• 45ft containers are only acceptable in the following port areas: Cartagena/Barranquilla/Santa Marta/ Buenaventura. Container must not leave the port area.
• For IMO Restrictions please reference Commodity Restrictions on our main local page.
• No collect charges accepted by destination for humanitarian help and diplomatic cargo. CFS is not accepted for imports.
• It is not possible to handle BLs with Natural persons as Consignee
• Bookings cannot be accepted / confirmed if the Colombian customer has no existing client code in our database.
• Seaway bill / Telex release/ Dummy B/L are not acceptable
• 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