Shipping to and from Egypt

Import Demurrage & Detention Combined

(From Discharge date till Gate In Empty date)

Notes:

Freetime and charges per container per calendar day (including week-ends and holidays)
Discharge date and Gate in empty dates are included in the calculation.

Dry Containers - All rates are in USD

Reefer Containers - All rates are in USD

Special Equipment Containers - All rates are in USD

Import Storage

(From Discharge date till Gate Out Full date) 

Notes:

Freetime and charges per container per calendar day (including week-ends and holidays)
Discharge date and Gate out full dates are included in the calculation.
Storage at Port Saied West, Damietta , Sokhna is settled directly to the terminal.
For Reefer containers, below rates are combined for Storage+Reefer Power.

Dry Containers - All rates are in USD

Reefer Containers - All rates are in USD

Special Equipment - All rates are in USD

IMO - Port Saied East (NO FREE TIME) - All rates are in USD

Import Storage at Depots ( Al Nubaria - Merghem ) 

Notes:

Rates are in EGP.
For Reefer containers, below rates are combined for Storage+Reefer Power. 

Dry Containers - All rates are in EGP

Reefer Containers - All rates are in EGP

Import service restrictions

Commodity

• Customs authorities in Egypt decided to ban the Following imports from Japan; food stuff, plants, Agricultural products, raw material, scrap and used auto spare & Other imports/commodities Should be subject to. Radio-active check.
  
  • Radio-active check is applied for the following Commodities;
    - “food stuff, plants, agricultural products, raw Material, scrap and used auto spare”
    Which loaded from “ China-Hong Kong-Taiwan-North -Korea –South Korea “
• Cigarettes: Cigarettes bookings are not accepted to Egypt
• Through Bills of Lading are not accepted in Egypt, All inland delivery is arranged as merchant haulage. For information about sell rates of VAS services please visit the MLOG enable LHP"
• Consolidated cargo not accepted in EGPSD (SCCT)
  
  • Used computer monitors/accessories that were produced before year 2009 will not be allowed into the country by the Egyptian customs, and the cargo will be rejected/ neglected.
  • Imo Cargo should be approved By Destination office prior loading

Weight / Measurements

• Breakbulk is not accepted.
• Alexandria Terminal 1 maximum crane capacity is 32 MT.

Equipment

• All equipment is accepted except for 45' reefer.

Bill of lading clausing

• All inbound bills of lading should be updated with the following clause:
  
  • Free Out - "All discharging costs & other costs up to / including loading empty is for account & risk of merchant"
• In transit to Libya No acceptance of cargo "In transit to Libya" or consigned to Libyan consignees.
  Cargo In-Transit to Libya clause is not acceptable and has been banned by the Libyan/Egyptian authorities and will be considered as act of smuggling except for cargo originating from a country with a shared border with Libya

Bill of lading General Requirements

• All bills of lading must show consignee's full name and address including phone number and, where possible, fax number.
• All consignments bound to Egypt must have an Egyptian recipient otherwise cargo will be subject to a customs fine of USD 250.
• Deadline for any amendment in the bill of lading, cargo destination, cargo weight etc...is 3 days prior to vessel arrival to avoid customs fines.
• "Full Liner Terms" is not applicable.
• Seal Number to be mandatory element to be contained in the shipping instructions submitted information not complete or declared may result in shipping instructions being rejected and this may impact the timeline for achieving loading pre-requisites:
• Seal number to be set mandatory to avoid the Seal mismatch and avoid delays in manifest submission.

The Mandatory Data Element are as follows:

• Seal Number
• Seal Type

Currency

• Both prepaid and collect freight are acceptable in USD / EUR .