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 on this link
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)
• DDE/SD*
• Cargo description** and NCM (Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul): It must be informed on the following format: NCM:XXXXXXX
• CBM
• Cargo weight (in Kilograms)
• Container number***
• Container seal
• Freight condition and payment terms (CY/CY - prepaid/collect, etc)
• Payer of freight / origin charges / destination charges

SI's must be sent without special characters, as our system does not recognize them.

* For merchandises under special regimen of Customs Clearance, this information will have to be enclosed later via BL Amendment
** It is essential that SI's is sent in English. Descriptions sent in other languages alone will be rejected.
*** We don’t accept amendment for Container Number. In case the information received on first SI sent is wrong, the file will be rejected and it will be necessary a new Shipping Instruction submission. The new Shipping Instruction will be subject to Late Documentation Fee

Instructions and cost for BL amendment:

BL amenment can only be submitted via our website.

• COD with the same country of the POD its not necessary LOI (if there is no Consignee change)
• COD - If country of the POD was changed, then request LOI
• Amendments involving Shipper change (except for small changes that will not change CNPJ nor name), Split or Combine reject and send DCC requesting LOI if vessel already left. In case vessel didn't departure yet we just change

Possible scenario I

• After vessel sailing (left as from ETD - 1st day), amendments involving DUE,RUC, MRUC, CNPJ, NCM, weight, quantity of packages, CBM, container, consignee, seal, freight mean of payment or charges, then reject and send DCC to the costumer. In this case LOI and BRL 900 (amendment fee) will be requested to the Customer.

Possible scenario II

• After vessel sailing (left as from ETD - 1st day) and also (left as from ETD 7st day) amendments
• involving adress, punctuation, graphic accentuation, notify. (Minor changes in the Cargo description) DCC should be sent, charge BRL 450, it not necessary request LOI to the customer.
• Split or combine only after br.PRONTIFICACAO approval.
• Other changes can be processed and charged if vessel has already sailed.

Transport certificate (CER) - BRL 350 por BL

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.