Shipping to and from Poland

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

Deadlines for AE10 vessels departed from DCT Gdańsk

Cargo cut-off	VGM cut-off	Shipping instructions cut-off	IMO cut-off for final DGD	Container matching deadline
Cargo cut-off Friday 06:00	VGM cut-off Thursday 18:00	Shipping instructions cut-off Friday 06:00	IMO cut-off for final DGD Wednesday 09:00	Container matching deadline Thursday 08:00

Country: Poland
Direction: Export
Effective Date: Please refer to specific port tariff
Expiry Date: Until further notice
Free time: Calendar days
Currency: EUR
Invoiced: Per container, per calendar day, per container type
Application: The free time & charges applied will be those in place on the origin price calculation date (PCD)

FREE TIME: “Free Time” is the period agreed between the Carrier and the Merchant for which Demurrage and Detention shall not be paid by the Merchant.

DETENTION: Compensation payable when the Merchant holds Carrier's Container outside the port, terminal or depot beyond the agreed amount of Free Time.

DEMURRAGE: Compensation payable when the Merchant holds Carrier’s Container inside the terminal, port or depot beyond the agreed amount of Free Time (the compensation includes terminal storage costs).

Definition

Name	Start	End
Name Demurrage	Start day when laden container has been delivered to the terminal (gate in date)	End day when laden container has been loaded from the terminal to the vessel
Name Detention	Start day when empty container has been picked up from the Agent (gate out date)	End day when laden container has been delivered to the Agent (gate in date)

Note:

SOC follows demurrage tariff terms. Detention is not applicable for SOC.
Export Detention on all empty export containers that are returned to carrier upon booking cancellation, will be calculated from the date of removal of the empty containers from any of carrier depots, until the date which the container is returned to carrier, not used for export. Free days will not be considered, standard per diem rates will be applied.

Split - Demurrage includes Storage

Demurrage

Free time (calendar days)	DRY, IMO	REEFER, NOR, OT&FR
Free time (calendar days) Poland	DRY, IMO 9	REEFER, NOR, OT&FR 7

Poland (EUR per calendar day)

Days	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO	Days	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR
Days 1 - 9	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 0	Days 1 - 7	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 0
Days 10 - 16	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 20	Days 8 - 14	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 70
Days 17+	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 30	Days 15+	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 110

Detention

Free time (calendar days)	Truck transport mode	Railroad & combined railroad and truck transport mode
Free time (calendar days) all equipments/cargo types	Truck transport mode 5	Railroad & combined railroad and truck transport mode 5

Poland (EUR per calendar day)

Days	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO	Days	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR
Days 1 - 5	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 0	Days 1 - 5	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 0
Days 6 - 12	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 20	Days 6 - 12	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 70
Days 13+	20' / 40'&45' DRY, IMO 30	Days 13+	20' / 40' REEF, NOR, OT&FR 110

Dear customers,

We are happy to announce and confirm that, according to your opinions and needs received from last months, the "re-use date" field has been activated and since April 2020 we can enjoy the full capabilities of the Avantida system. What this means for users, triangulation is performed according to the date entered in the "re-use date" field and not as before the date of application.*

To use Triangulation and avoid empty container reservation in our system, please always choose during new booking request (step 3 – Additional details) depot with name: “Poland Reuse Depot” – with this option, we will not release empty equipment for you but prepare booking for triangulation.

Maersk Team

*Only containers discharged from vessels in Poland use option “re-use date” - online requests will be proceed with date from “re-use” field.

Charge	Charge type	Amount
Charge Late Payment Fee	Charge type 50 USD / BL	Amount Payment is made after the due date of the invoice
Charge VGM from gate	Charge type per container	Amount EUR 45
Charge VGM from yard	Charge type per container	Amount EUR 120
Charge Payer-amendment fee: applicable in case of changes to the payment terms or origin billing party on the day or after invoice had been issued.	Charge type per B/L	Amount EUR 40
Charge Change of destination fee (COD)	Charge type per container	Amount USD 300
Charge Change of destination fee – Administrative Cost (CAD) – effective as of 15thJanuary 2018. Applies if T/S port remains the same, amendment related to the final port of discharge. Must be requested 96hrs before the arrival to the T/S port	Charge type per B/L	Amount USD 300
Charge Change of destination fee – Extra Restows (CED) – effective as of 15thJanuary 2018. Acceptance of the extra costs associated is must.	Charge type per container	Amount USD 300+ extra costs associated
Charge Booking cancellation fee/amendment/reduction fee* *for bookings cancelled/amended/reduced after MON 1200 on the week of cargo cut off – for Gdansk port only	Charge type per container	Amount USD 50
Charge Renomination fee* *charge is applied to container, which is already gated in at terminal DCT Gdansk, and is rebooked to next vessel and/or new discharge port, due to customer request / action	Charge type per container	Amount EUR 30
Charge Weight Discrepancy Fee, applicable in 4 of below scenarios - Discrepancy between VGM and weight in shipping instruction is +/- 5000 kgs Declared VGM exceeds allowable payload (excluding SOC) Declared VGM is less than Tare Weight of the container. Container gated in to PLGDNDCT, customer requesting to change containers gross weight in terminal system (Navis)	Charge type per container	Amount EUR 30
Charge Documentation Fee (ODF) – valid from 1st January 2018 (PCD)	Charge type per B/L	Amount EUR 35
Charge Documentation Fee (ODF) – valid from 1st June 2019 (PCD)	Charge type per B/L	Amount EUR 50
Charge Origin Ceritificate Charge	Charge type per certificate	Amount EUR 55
Charge VGM discrepancy fee (GWM) EUR 30 per container, applicable when cargo booked weight + container’s tara declared during GATE-IN DCT Gdańsk differs from final VGM by more than 1000kgs	Charge type per container per correction	Amount EUR 30
Charge Pending Advance Manifest Fee* - effective from 1st August, 2020 * Pending Advance Manifest Requisites’ fee of USD 100 per container will be applicable when 'Not Ok to load' status is received from US/CA customs in case of missing Shipping Instruction/mandatory information not provided by the customer for shipments destined to/or transiting via USA or Canada	Charge type per container	Amount 100 USD
Charge Inspection Fee – Export – to position container for scanning/customs inspection at DCT, Gdansk	Charge type per container	Amount 100 EUR
Charge House Transport Document Service (House BL creating for USA/Canada/Mexico Shipments)	Charge type per B/L	Amount USD 100
Charge Telex release (when shipper surrenders full set of OBL at origin office to release cargo at destination)	Charge type per BL	Amount 30 USD
Charge THC (origin)	Charge type Per container	Amount THC (origin) Charges

Container handling charges for cancelled bookings – when customer wants to cancel a booking for which container/s has been already picked up from depot – to cover depot handling charges (gate out empty and gate in empty move)*
*charge does not apply for containers reused by Avantida application.

Misdeclaration fee - starting on 20 August 2019 all customers who misdeclare their dangerous cargo will be charged a fee of 5,000 USD per booking. Any additional cost that will result from taking corrective action will be charged on top of this fee.

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