Shipping to and from Botswana

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Import

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

Commodity

Hazardous classes 1, 7 and 9, are all subject to approval before acceptance.
No acceptance of Used Tyres
No acceptance of Non DG charcoal
No acceptance of Asbestos

Weight and Measurement

Specifically for 20' Containers:

24 TONS Maximum Payload for road haulage (inclusive of container tare weight)

22 TONS Maximum payload for railed containers (exclusive of container tare weight)

Specifically for 40' Containers:

28 TONS Maximum payload for road haulage (inclusive of container tare weight)

29.4 TONS Maximum payload for railed containers (exclusive of container tare weight)

Overweight containers are subject to a fine imposed by the Government. Requests for movement of overweight cargo can be obtained from your nearest Maersk office.

Effective 1 July 2016 the Shipper (or its representative agent) will be required to include the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) when submitting the pre-advise via NAVIS. The Navis update will update all Maersk systems and no further system updates is required from the Shipper.

Special cargoes

No restrictions on movement of containers to inland points and are subject to rates supplied by your nearest Maersk office.

Bill of lading clauses

No special clauses/restrictions apply.

45' containers

No acceptance of 45' containers.

Customs requirements

Customs documents (Cargo Dues + Bill of entry) are mandatory for Bill of Lading issue.

From 15.08.2020 the Free Time deals will be applied based on the effective deals at the Price Calculation date – PCD

Detention Charges are applicable when the customer holds the line’s equipment longer than the agreed free time, detention days are counted from gate out empty to gate in full minus free days. The following charges are penalty surcharges when agreed free time has been exceeded and appear on applicable export shipments from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.

The combined Freetime deals cover Detention only and not Demurrage. Demurrage is the storage charges incur in the terminal and no freetime is granted on storage as same is an out of pocket cost which is back to back recovery.

***From 15.08.2020 the Free Time deals will be applied based on the effective deals at the Price Calculation date – PCD***

Maersk Import Detention	Free Time	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day	20' Special / 40' Special per day	Comment
Maersk Import Detention Import Detention	Free Time DRY – 10 REEF – 10 SPECIAL - 10	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day 10 Days / 10 Days	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day 10 Days / 10 Days	20' Special / 40' Special per day 10 Days / 10 Days	Comment Vessel Discharge in South Africa
Maersk Import Detention Import Detention	Free Time DRY – 7 REEF – 7 SPECIAL - 7	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day 7 Days/ 7 Days	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day 7 Days / 7 Days	20' Special / 40' Special per day 7 Days / 7 Days	Comment Off-rail in Botswana
Maersk Import Detention Day 1 to 8 after free time expires	Free Time	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day USD 53 / USD 96	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day USD 95 / USD 188	20' Special / 40' Special per day USD 95 / USD 188	Comment
Maersk Import Detention Day 9 to 18 after free time expires	Free Time	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day USD 72 / USD 145	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day USD 155 / USD 313	20' Special / 40' Special per day USD 141 / USD 281	Comment
Maersk Import Detention Day 19 + after free time expires	Free Time	20' Dry / 40' Dry per day USD 99 / USD 198	20' Reef / 40' Reef per day USD 204 / USD 407	20' Special / 40' Special per day USD 204 / USD 407	Comment