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 - imports

Charge Type: Import - Combined D&D

Combined demurrage & detention

Our setup in Colombia consist of Combined Demurrage & Detention.

Does not apply to SPOT shipments. For SPOT please refer to the terms and conditions.

This means you will have one combined free time period and compensation fee for utilization of equipment inside and outside of terminals or depots.

Free time

Tariff after free time expiration

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

Does not apply to SPOT shipments. For SPOT please refer to the terms and conditions.

Demurrage & Detention: will count from discharge full (included) to empty return (gate-in) of the equipment in terminal or depot
Special equipment: Open tops, flat racks and out of gauge cargo.
Non-Operating Reefer: DnD rules for Reefer equipment will apply to NORs as well.
IMO class (hazardous) is considered a separate type of cargo.
Note: Free time is granted by equipment type and all sizes are considered, example given DRY free time is applicable for 20, 40 & 45’ equipment.

Please note that the standard tariff conditions mentioned on this page do not apply to shipments booked under our SPOT product. SPOT demurrage and detention terms will be made available at the time of booking and are not necessarily aligned with our standard tariff. To check the free days of your SPOT cargo, you can do so at the time of making a reservation, or through the HUB > Import Demurrage & Detention from the customer portal.

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