Shipping to and from Honduras

Combined Demurrage and Detention

Combined Demurrage and Detention combined starts as from discharge day (included), ends with gate-in empty day (included) to terminal.

Standard rates after free time / Tarifa estándar después de tiempo libre

Free time / Tiempo libre

“All TPdoc have to be freighted as per Honduras Customs  request.” in case only Freighted Bill of ladings are to be released which would not leave any ambiguity on the documentation requirements.

Special customs requirements

• Customer must present 2 original Bill of Lading's (1 for customs and 1 to Maersk for cargo release) and commercial invoice.
• Seaway b/ls are not allowed.
• Freighted TPDOCs are needed due to custom's legal requirements (in case unrated Bill of Lading's are issued a local certification will be facilitated to customer which is accepted by customs authorities)
• Honduras customs requires manifest cargo description into Spanish
• Customs authorities does not allow seals discrepancies. The physical seals numbers must match with the ones declared in the cargo manifest. Any discrepancy is subject to customs fine.

Freight collect approval

Imports on collect base are not accepted. Exceptions may be considered on a case-by-case basis, which must be consulted before loading email to (hn.import@maersk.com / hn.export@maersk.com)

Payment

• If freight is accepted to be paid collect, customer must pay with a certified check on behalf of Maersk Honduras. Enviar comprobante a hn.import@maersk.com

Contacts

Email: Import Department: (hn.import@maersk.com) 
Email: Finance Department: (hn.export@maersk.com) 
Phone no: + 504 25082030

Weight Restrictions

As per the local regulation, a container is considered as abandoned by the local authority when it reaches below amount of days after arriving at terminal as per below: