Shipping to and from Brazil

Your cotton is ready to see the world: Integrated logistics solution to export your cotton to Europe and Asia

Exporting your cotton to Europe and Asia seamlessly is a reality now. With our integrated logistics solution, you get a single partner who takes care of your entire supply chain ensuring that your goods are delivered safely and on schedule.

From Sao Bernardo do Campo, we take the responsibility of everyting related to logistics so that you have fewer things to worry about.

Our integrated logistics solutions

• Cargo receipt/cross-docking
• Container stuffing
• Redex
• Transport to the port
• Add-on services like fumigation and Maersk Customs Services

Service details

• Origin: Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP
• Rail Destination: Santos
• Equipment Type: 40HC

To know more, please contact

Monica Alves
Cel. +55 11 941398838
monica.alves@maersk.com

Download the weekly deadline

Please note that the deadline for IMO Documents is always 2 working days before the Shipping Instruction deadline / Por gentileza notar que o deadline de Documentação IMO é sempre 2 dias úteis antes do deadline de Instrução de Embarque

Export

Export Detention / from empty pick-up to gate-in Full at terminal or gate-in Empty at terminal (when not loaded)

Tariff in USD

DRY & SPEC (not valid for Maersk Spot. Please refer to note 2 below)

REEF

IMO follows the rates and free days of its respective container type.

Note 1: NOR same as Reef

Note 2: For Maersk Spot shipments, free time conditions were informed and accepted on booking request and can be checked here.

Disclaimer:

1. Regarding export operations, in the event of cancellation or withdrawal of the operation/shipment, no free time period shall be granted, and the Merchant shall bear all detention rates, from the date the container (s) was (were) received, until the actual return of the container (s) in the Depot Terminal indicated by Carrier or its agent. In addition, it will be applied cancellation fee of BRL 200 per container. Full Demurrage and detention conditions/tariffs registered in the Documents Registry Notary Office in the city of Santos, under numbers 732.745
2. Demurrage and Detention deals are based on the Price Calculation Date of your shipments
3. Shipper assumes before the shipowner the contractual and legal duty to export/ship their cargo to a Consignee who has real interest and conditions in acquiring/receiving the imported cargo, promoting its effective removal at the destination, with the fulfillment of all obligations inherent to this act. If the cargo is abandoned at its destination or if it is not removed by the Consignee for any reason, the Shipper will be jointly and severally liable, together with the Consignee, for all amounts, cost, expense, damage or loss that carrier may suffer as a result of this situation.

Dangerous Cargo (IMO) shipments - Procedures:

Booking confirmation is only a pre-approval. For the final approval, it’s mandatory to send the following documents 48 hours before the S.I. Cut-off.
Documents must be signed by shipper and sent in one single PDF file to br.export@maersk.com and dgd@maersk.com

For shipments with origin Rio Grande, besides sending via email, it’s mandatory to deliver original documents in our local representative (Oceanus Agência Marítima)

• MDGF (Multimodal Dangerous Good Form) in English

• MSDS in English
• FISPQ (Ficha de Informação de Produto Químico) in Portuguese
• Emergency Chart (Anexo VIII da NR 29) in Portuguese
• Declaração de Mercadorias Perigosas (Anexo VII da NR 29) in Portuguese
• Tank inspection certificate (in cases that container type is Isotank)

We reinforce that whenever there’s vessel change in your booking, documents must be sent with the updated vessel name.

Out-of-Gauge cargo (OOG) shipments – Procedures:

Deadlines extension:

Send your request to br.export@maersk.com at least 2 hours before original deadline with the following information:

• Booking number
• Container Number
• Port of Origin
• Vessel / Voyage
• Date / time that you need to extend the cut off

Instructions and tips on the sending of SI ( Shipping Instruction = Draft )
Shipping Instruction can be sent via Inttra or via our website. You can find the instructions to send SI via My Maersk
Shipping Instructions sent after SI cut off are subject to Late Documentation Fee (BRL 370,00) .

Mandatory information on Shipping Instruction:

• Brazilian Shipper (CNPJ – Tax Reference must be mentioned on the same field; must be a company, not a natural person)
• Consignee/Notify with correct contact details (e-mail and telephone number)
• DUE/RUC*
• Cargo description** + 06 digit HS Code + 08 digit NCM Code
• CBM
• Cargo weight (in Kilograms)
• Container number***
• Carrier Seals
• Payment Instructions (Responsible Payer, Modality and Place of Payment)
• No special characters are allowed in SI (Portuguese accentuation and “Ç”, for example)

* For merchandises under special regimen of Customs Clearance, this information will have to be enclosed later via BL Amendment
** Instructions in SI should come in English only.

*** Amendments for Container Number are not acceptable. If first SI contains wrong/fictious Container data, it will be rejected and a new SI will be required, subject to current Deadlines.

Instructions and cost for BL amendment:

• INTTRA BL amendments are not accepted; please always submit all kinds of BL amendment through www.Maersk.com only.
• BL amendments requested through www.Maersk.com have zero cost before container loading movement; however, after container is loaded, all amendments are subject to costs/procedures and vary as per below:

Scenario A

Any amendments involving Split BL, Shipment Parties (Consignee/Shipper and Notify, if Consignee is “To Order), Mandatory References (DUE/RUC/MRUC/CNPJ/NCM/HS Code), Cargo Weight, Quantity of packages, CBM, Container Seal, Freight Payment Modality and COD (Change of Destination) are subject to BRL 900 cost per BL + LOI signed by requestor. The LOI template can be obtained by contacting your local Customer Experience Team or Live Chat.

Scenario B

Typing errors, cargo description updates and other minor clause inclusions are only subject to BRL 450 per BL (no LOI needed).

Transport certificate (CER) – BRL 350 per certificate.

Shipper must be a Brazilian Company with Tax ID (CNPJ), full address, telephone number and email address. We do not accept shipments with private persons (CPF) as part of the BL or transport contract (consignee/shipper/notify party)

Routing and weight

For general information of routing guidelines or weight and measurement restrictions please check it with our customer service department.

Hazardous

Some hazardous cargo must have previous authorization from port authorities. Please check it with our customer service department – br.export@maersk.com

Receipt / Delivery

• Receipt acceptance from port areas only in Brazil.
• No CFS accepted.

Household Goods/Personal Effects: Maersk Brazil is not currently moving bookings for below types of cargo, for either natural person (CPF) or company entity (CNPJ):

• Household Goods
• Personal Effects
• Consolidated Cargo
• Diplomatic Cargo
• Furniture

Bookings submitted with this kind of commodity will be rejected.

Additionally, any kind of commodity/NCM amendment at later stage will be deemed as customer’s responsibility.