Shipping to and from Romania

Effective Date: 15/08/2020

Freetime and charges per container per calendar day (i.e. including week-ends and holidays) after freetime expires.

• Start date and end date are included in the calculation.
• D&D product in Romania consist of two elements: Demurrage (from discharge to gate out full) & Detention (from discharge to gate in empty).
• NOR is considered as Dry Container.
• IMO tariff is same as container type/size.
• Open Top and Flat Rack are considered as Special Containers.
• Open Top In Gauge is considered as Dry Containers.
• Freetime days are basis cargo type.
• Shipper's Own Container is considered as equivalent to corresponding container type.
• Shipper's Owned Tank with DRY cargo follows freetime & rate of Dry equipment.
• Shipper's Owned Tank with IMO cargo follows freetime & rate of IMO.
• For special deals: Calculation method of charges is progressive. Details on progressive calculation can be found here.

Import Demurrage (from discharge to gate out full)

Import Detention Combined for Merchant Haulage – Truck / Rail (at Constanta, Romania)

Import Detention Combined for Carrier Haulage – Truck / Rail (at Inland Locations, Romania)

For Spot DnD Terms, please refer to Maersk Spot page here.

Inland haulage for reefer containers

Carrier Haulage for reefer containers is acceptable subject to GENSET equipment availability and always Genset Surcharge (GEN) for minimum 2 calendar days must apply in line with the local charges valid at the date of shipment.

Whenever the Carrier Haulage is required and GENSET equipment is not available, the consignee will have to pay for Demurrage (inclusive of electricity, storage) occurred until GENSET equipment becomes available

Acceptance that requires special permits or certificates 

Romanian companies, except banks, can not endorse Bill of Ladings in favour of other Romanian companies.

Hazardous cargoes 

Special cargoes 

Out of guage cargoes (OOG), Break-bulk cargoes and Dangerous cargoes (IMO) are subject to standard Maersk approval procedures.

The proof of payments need to be sent to: MNLGSCOTCAFRMED@maersk.com, together with below details :

"Please close AFR task for BL number 

BL number:

Payer's Name:

Amount (Currency):

Payment Date:"

Invoicing Details

Please make sure the payer details are correctly provided to us latest ETA-3. The amendment will generate a charge of 30usd/ cancelled invoice.

Individuals are not accepted as consignee on the bill of lading

Starting 1st Dec, 2019 we will implement Merchant Haulage fee in imports. The value will be 30usd and it will be applied for processing all containers for which the transport is not arranged by Maersk

LCL Acceptance on Master B/Ls 

No LCL shipments for multiple receivers (consignees) are accepted on Master B/Ls. If they are two or more receivers to the cargo stuffed in one container, then shipper(s) must be recommended to appoint DAMCO or other NVOCC able to issue House B/Ls and delivery to CFS.

B/L clausing, documentation

Documentation consignee 

1. For final delivery destination in Romania receiver must be a company fiscally registered in Romania irrespective it is final receiver or forwarding company acting on behalf of the final receiver. For exceptions list please contact Customer Service Import (ro.import@maersk.com) 

For final delivery destination in other EU or non-EU country, the final receiver must be a company fiscally registered in that country where the delivery destination is. Such a transit is subject to remarks to be inserted in B/Ls explicitly mentioned below. 

2. Whenever the named (documentation) Consignee is a forwarding company, correct wording in the consignee box must be: "FORWARDER Company name" or "FFWD Company name" or "Company name AS FORWARDER" or "Company name AS FFWD" and the number of the House Bill of Lading (HBL no) must be mentioned in the body of the B/L (in the cargo description box).

Cargo in transit 

1. Transit to Moldova 

The following sentence must be mentioned in the B/Ls under the description of goods: 

a) For Carrier Haulage 

"In Transit to Moldova - Onwards carriage from Constanta/Romania to Moldova is arranged by the Carrier as agents only, and for its account and risk" 

b) For Merchant Haulage 

"In Transit to Moldova - Onwards carriage from Constanta/Romania to Moldova is arranged by Merchant for account and risk of Merchant" 

2. Transit to other EU or non-EU county via Constanta port 
a) For Carrier Haulage 
The following sentence must be mentioned in the B/Ls under the description of goods: 

"In Transit to YY - Onwards carriage from Constanta/Romania to YY (ultimate destination) is arranged by the Carrier as agents only, and for its account and risk" 

b) For Merchant Haulage 

The following sentence must be mentioned in the B/Ls under the description of goods: 
"In Transit to YY - Onwards carriage from Constanta/Romania to YY (ultimate destination) is arranged by Merchant for account and risk of Merchant" 

Requirements on transport documents for PERSONAL EFFECTS 

In the transport documents for personal effects at Consignee must be used a Forwarder Company as individuals are not accepted as Consignee. Description of the goods in the transport document must specify the total No. of collies and total gross weight, according to Packing List. If there is for example 1 car, 2 cabinets, 4 chairs and 10 cartons with house holds and used clothing, the total No. of collies is 17. If any vehicle shipped in container as personal effect, the serial No. of the chassis must be always mentioned in the transport document. It is strongly recommended that shipper appoints a customs broker at destination and clarifies all aspects related to the clearance formalities before placing the export booking. They must ensure that they comply with the Romanian customs regulation for the clearance of personal effects.

Collect charges for reefer containers 

Freight collect for reefer containers is acceptable only subject to prior approval from Sales Team (mihaela.cosma@maersk.com, alexandru.florea@maersk.com) . The approval must be obtained BEFORE accepting the booking. 

All local surcharges can be accepted on collect basis and no approval is required from country sales. DPA/OPA is accepted as collect subject to freight collect only.

Equipment and weight / measurements 

No Out of guaage (OOG) or REEFER cargo accepted by rail.

REEF cargo - European Union (EU) restrictions 

Origin countries and Shippers which are allowed to export into EU are available on the European Commission's website, "Third Country Establishments List". 

Please instruct shippers / booking parties to check the list of companies granted to export into European Union (EU) before they ship. Situations which dry or reefer containers arrive in Constanta but the goods are not allowed to enter EU territory could be easily avoided this way.

Dangerous Cargo Restrictions 

IMDG class 1/2/5/6/7 is not accepted on the vessels having more than 250m long because of the Bosphorus Strait restrictions.

Maersk prefers not to put vessel schedules to risk, consequently this restriction has been effective from week 14, 2007. 

All companies that are the consignee field on the bill of lading, it is mandatory to have the VAT no mentioned.