Shipping to and from Cape Verde

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Get up-to-date local information about export procedures and restrictions, demurrage and detention, container pick-ups and more.

Detention

Effective date: 1st August 2020
Expiry date: Until further notice

Detention-DRY

Days	20’ DRY	40’ DRY/40HDRY	20' Special	40' Special
Days 0 - 10	20’ DRY 0	40’ DRY/40HDRY 0	20' Special 0	40' Special 0
Days 10 - 30	20’ DRY 1.200CVE	40’ DRY/40HDRY 2.400CVE	20' Special 1.200CVE	40' Special 2.400CVE
Days 31 - 90	20’ DRY 2.400CVE	40’ DRY/40HDRY 4.800CVE	20' Special 2.400CVE	40' Special 4.800CVE
Days 90 days onwards	20’ DRY 5.000CVE	40’ DRY/40HDRY 10.000CVE	20' Special 5.000 CVE	40' Special 10.000CVE

Detention-REEFER

Day	20’ REEFER	40’ REEFER/HREEFER
Day 0-7	20’ REEFER 0	40’ REEFER/HREEFER 0
Day 8 -30	20’ REEFER 3.400CVE	40’ REEFER/HREEFER 5.600CVE
Day 31- 90	20’ REEFER 6.800CVE	40’ REEFER/HREEFER 11.200CVE
Day 90 days onwards	20’ REEFER 11.200CVE	40’ REEFER/HREEFER 15.000CVE

Charges per container per calendar day (i.e. including week-ends and holidays). Detention starts the day after the empty pick up day (included), ends with gate-in day (included) in terminal. Storage for reefer DOES NOT INCLUDE plugging fees on terminal.

Commodities

No specific restrictions apply, except to hazardous cargo that falls within the Classes 1, 7 and 9. Hazardous cargo is subject to approval prior booking acceptance at origin.

Special cargoes

Out of Gauge (OOG) cargo is only accepted after approval of dimensions. It is recommended that over height cargo does not exceed 2.90 meters in order to assure safe loading/discharge. No acceptance of LCL and/or Break Bulk cargoes.

Weight limitations

As vessel operations are performed by the ship's gear, weight limitation is up to maximum 25 metric tons gross weight (cargo and container weight).

45' containers

No acceptance of 45' containers in Cape Verde.

Value Added Service Charges

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For Value Added Services pls refer to the attached Value Added Services surcharges file

The deadline to submit the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) details is 48 hours before the vessel arrival at the load port.

Port Name	Service	Deadline
Port Name Mindelo	Service W9A	Deadline 48 hours before vessel arrival at load port
Port Name Praia	Service W9A	Deadline 48 hours before vessel arrival at load port

As a general guidance, the VGM should be received by Maersk prior to the cargo gate cut-off, before loading containers on the vessel.

No container will be loaded on board on a vessel without VGM, resulting in cargo delivery delays. Additionally, potential demurrage and/or detention charges may apply when a container is sitting idle at the terminal awaiting for VGM submission.