Shipping to and from Malawi

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Import

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

Penalty charge associated with extended use of the container after agreed transit agreement. The following charges are penalty surcharges when agreed free time has been exceeded and appears on applicable shipments from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.

***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-IMO / 40’ Special-IMO per day
Maersk Import Detention Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, (on Merchant Haulage)	Free Time 21 days	20’ Dry / 40’ Dry per day USD 66 / USD 109	20’ Reef / 40’ Reef per day USD 131 / USD 218	20’ Special-IMO / 40’ Special-IMO per day USD 109 / USD 218
Maersk Import Detention Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, (TBL) Truck	Free Time 30 days	20’ Dry / 40’ Dry per day USD 66 / USD 109	20’ Reef / 40’ Reef per day USD 131 / USD 218	20’ Special-IMO / 40’ Special-IMO per day USD 109 / USD 218
Maersk Import Detention Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, (TBL) Rail	Free Time 7 days	20’ Dry / 40’ Dry per day USD 66 / USD 109	20’ Reef / 40’ Reef per day USD 131 / USD 218	20’ Special-IMO / 40’ Special-IMO per day USD 109 / USD 218
Maersk Import Detention Mozambique	Free Time DRY - 7 days REEF - 3 days	20’ Dry / 40’ Dry per day USD 66 / USD 109	20’ Reef / 40’ Reef per day USD 131 / USD 218	20’ Special-IMO / 40’ Special-IMO per day USD 109 / USD 218

Our Self Service Delivery Order – Simplifying the Import Release Process

Our Self-Service Delivery Order functionality on Maersk has been upgraded once again and we would like to encourage you to request all Delivery Orders via this tool.

Consignees and Agents are able to request Delivery Orders online and once the attached supporting documentation has been verified by our Release Counter and all payments confirmed, your

Delivery Order will be emailed to you within 2 hours.

To help facilitate your Import Container Release and ensure you receive the Delivery Order with a quicker turnaround time, we are prioritizing the processing of Delivery Orders submitted via our website.