Shipping to and from Brazil

Standard free time - Import
Port / terminal Names : All Ports
Valid from : 1st January 2024
Charge type : Demurrage and Detention combined
Transport mode : All transport modes
Service mode : All service modes

Import, Brazil as Destination (Effective from 1st December 2023) - not valid for Maersk Spot.

General Demurrage & Detention Information.

• Free time, demurrage, and detention terms apply to the country where the Empty unit is gated-in by the customer or at the location designated by the carrier.
• Demurrage & Detention combined | from discharge of Full unit at terminal/ depot to gate in Empty return of the unit at terminal/depot.
• Charges in USD per calendar day (including weekends and holidays).
• Maersk uses a Progressive method to calculate demurrage and detention charges after the free time expires. For customers with special agreements, exceeding the extended free time will incur demurrage and detention charges based on the relevant day count within our tiered tariff structure. This means that subsequent charges beyond the extended free time will not automatically be calculated using the first-tier rates. Discharge Date is considered the starting point for calculating demurrage and detention combined.

Free Time.

• Intermodal Free Time: Free time conditions are the same for both Carrier and Merchant Haulage. The Free Time period begins on the discharge date of the full unit and ends upon the gate-in of the empty unit to the terminal or depot assigned by the carrier.
• Hazardous cargo receives the same free time conditions as dry units. However, responsibility for the handling and storage of hazardous cargo at terminals and depots remains with the cargo owners.
• Non-Operating Reefer (NOR): DRY equipment (40DRY includes 8'6 & 9'6) free days and per diem conditions applies to NORs. NOR with Hazardous Cargo will be treat as DRY.
• From Manaus we apply 15 DAYS free time.

Equipment Types.

• Dry Equipment refers to 20-foot Dry, 40-foot Dry, 40-foot High-Cube, 45-foot Dry, and Reefer units (20'RF, 40'RF, and 40'RH). Special equipment includes Open Tops, Flat Racks, and Out-of-Gauge cargo. SOC Equipment refers to equipment owned by the merchant/shipper. COC refers to equipment owned by the carrier.
• Shipper-owned containers (SOC) are not subject to detention but are subject to storage and demurrage charges.

Special Conditions.

• Spot conditions may differ from the conditions mentioned above. Maersk Spot (instant booking system) conditions are available in the downloadable document provided here, which supersedes any separately agreed-upon terms. If you have any doubts, please check with the shipper or your local agents to confirm the booking/shipment modality you used. Link to downloadable document.
• Demurrage and Detention charge applied to any given shipment depends to the PCD: Price Calculation Date (PCD). The following factors should be considered as guidance.
  • PCD for non-FMC shipments – The date when the carrying vessel is scheduled to depart from the Port of Loading.
  • PCD for FMC regulated trades – The date when Maersk Line takes possession of the last container listed on the transport document. This affects the Demurrage and Detention special free time. You will need to negotiate and mutually agree on the specifics before or on the Price Calculation Date.

Other Important Information.

• D&D Calculator Click here to know more about it
• Terminal storage charges may apply, nevertheless, those are charged directly by Terminal Operator.
• Terminal plug-in and electricity charges may apply; however, these charges are billed directly by the Terminal Operator.
• The Shipper assumes, prior to the shipowner, the contractual and legal duty to export/ship their cargo to a Consignee who has a genuine interest and the necessary conditions to acquire/receive the imported cargo. The Shipper is responsible for promoting the effective removal of the cargo at the destination and fulfilling all obligations associated with this act. If the cargo is abandoned at its destination or if the Consignee fails to remove it for any reason, the Shipper shall be jointly and severally liable, together with the Consignee, for all amounts, costs, expenses, damages, or losses incurred by the carrier as a result of this situation.
• Container demurrage tariffs and conditions applicable for the port of discharge located in Brazil, including the free time, are registered in the Documents Registry Notary Office in the city of Santos, under number 732.745.

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Manifest and CE useful information

Deadline determined by Brazilian's Government for launch Manifest is 48 hours before the ship docks at the first Brazilian port, however, we usually launch manifest and CE 5 working days before the ship docks at the first port.

Customs Amendment

• Out of deadline: Amendments after the deadline (48 hours before the ship docks at the first Brazilian port) are for that, consignee must provide LOI (responsibility for customs penalty of BRL 5000) + payment of AMF BRL 900. If the mentioned amendment is necessary, consignee needs to approach us at destination and then we will inform them the procedures needed.
• Within the legal deadline: Amendments request until 72 hours before the ship docks at the first Brazilian port, will be necessary to approve the cost of BRL 450,00 and return the set of BLs to our local office.

Both requests must be directed to br.import@maersk.com

Siscarga Implementation

Siscarga is the new automated system for Brazilian Customs and its implementation has the objective of controlling the entrance and exit of vessels on bonded ports, foreign cargo for imports, exports or in transit and empty containers transported by sea, since its manifest up to its delivery to the importer or exit of bonded territory, as well as plan customs inspection prior to cargo arrival, through risk analysis over informed data.

For payment Process and Receipts, download the below document(Payment process)

IMO

Sticking to Brazil’s legislation (ANTAQ RES 2239 15/09/2011) that requires below listed documents for IMO Cargo, as from February 01st , 2016 Maersk will require below dangerous cargo documents at origin for all bookings with destination Brazil.

1. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
2. Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form (MDGF)

The content you provide will remain the same as today, you just need to populate in the attached form(Form to be filled).

Remarks (items B,C and D)
In case that customs’ deadline has expired, to amend Consignee,customer will be exposed to fine of BRL 5,000.
Fill the below form attached(Form to be filled) + BRL 700,00 (amendment cost)

MSDS form, will be required for all IMO bookings.

This requirement is in force by law and Maersk along with other carriers want to follow all legal requirements. Valid for all bookings requested as from February 1st, 2016. Dangerous cargo bookings without necessary documentation at origin will not be loaded.

In case of doubts please contact your customer service agent.

Out-of-Gauge cargo (OOG) shipments

The lashing certificate is a mandatory document for the shipment of OOG units for bookings that have Brazil as transshipment port, place of receipt or place of delivery, as follows:

The lashing certificate document is mandatory for 20 FLAT and 40 FLAT containers that have Brazil as transshipment port, place of receipt or place of delivery. It is also mandatory for 20 OPEN TOP and 40 OPEN TOP containers that have the port of Manaus- Brazil as transshipment port, place of receipt or place of delivery.

In all cases, the lashing certificate must contain photos of the cargo.

Sincerely,
Maersk

BL Clause - Documentation: the manifests must state weight in kilos.

Received for Shipment is not accepted by any Brazilian port by the local authorities. Please do not use it.

Inland: It is acceptable but 25% tax apply on all charges (including inland). Any doubt please contact our customer service department. br.import@maersk.com

NCM (harmonized cargo code): mandatory information in all import BLs. NCM number must be inserted on cargo description field.

1. Consignee 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)
2. If the cnee is "To the order", First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code, telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
3. If the cnee is "To Order of a Bank " or "In name of a Bank ", CNPJ of the bank will be required as Mandatory and also the First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code,telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
4. If the Cnee is "To the order of a foreign Bank", the First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code, telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
5. Foreign Consignee is not allowed

Date of issuance of the original BL: the same date must appear in the printed copy at final destination.

Freigh as per agreement: it is not acceptable.

Cargo House / Pier (CFS): it is not accepted.

Cargo from Uruguay or Argentina with final destination Brazil: It is a must to use the Mercosul Countries flag's BL. Maersk is no longer doing such kind of transport. Aliança is our Brazilian flag available for that.

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.

Used motor vehicles and vessels (second hand / used consumer goods): The Brazilian customs regulations does not allow the import of used motor vehicle or used boats. Art. 27, PORTARIA DECEX NBR 8 - May 13, 1991.