Shipping to and from Panama

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Export

Get up-to-date local information about export procedures and restrictions, demurrage and detention, container pick-ups and more.

Our setup in Panama consists of two elements: Detention and Storage.

This means you will have separate free time and compensation terms for utilization of equipment outside (Detention) of terminals or depots.

Compensation for storage related to use of terminal or depot facilities will be charged separately.

Detention starts from gate-out empty (included) from depot, ends with gate-in full day (included) to terminal.

Effective January 1st, 2017 our tariff charges will be:

Free Time

Type	Dry	Flat & Open top	REEF	IMO
Type Storage Free Time	Dry 7 days	Flat & Open top 7 days	REEF 7 days	IMO 7 days
Type Detention Free Time	Dry 7 days	Flat & Open top 7 days	REEF 7 days	IMO 7 days

Tariff per day after Free Time

Storage Manzanillo

Days	20’ Dry / IMO 20’	40’ Dry / IMO 40’	20’ REEF / 20’ Special	40’ REEF / 40’ Special
Days 8 - thereafter	20’ Dry / IMO 20’ 25 USD	40’ Dry / IMO 40’ 50 USD	20’ REEF / 20’ Special 25 USD	40’ REEF / 40’ Special 50 USD

Storage Balboa

Days	20’ Dry / IMO 20’	40’ Dry / IMO 40’	20’ REEF / 20’ Special	40’ REEF / 40’ Special
Days 8 - thereafter	20’ Dry / IMO 20’ 22 USD	40’ Dry / IMO 40’ 43 USD	20’ REEF / 20’ Special 22 USD	40’ REEF / 40’ Special 43 USD

Detention

Days	20’ Dry / IMO 20’	40’ Dry / IMO 40’	20’ REEF / 20’ Special	40’ REEF / 40’ Special
Days 8 - thereafter	20’ Dry / IMO 20’ 60 USD	40’ Dry / IMO 40’ 60 USD	20’ REEF / 20’ Special 60 USD	40’ REEF / 40’ Special 60 USD

Standar free time - exports

Operator	Maersk
Operator Port/Terminal Names	Maersk PABLB and PAMAN
Operator Valid from	Maersk 1st January 2019
Operator Charge Type	Maersk Storage and Detention - Export
Operator Commodity Codes	Maersk
Operator Transport Mode	Maersk All transport modes
Operator Service Mode	Maersk All service modes

Freetime	Days	Calendar / Working	Same / Next day if after
Freetime DRY	Days 7	Calendar / Working Calendar	Same / Next day if after Same_Day
Freetime REEF	Days 7	Calendar / Working Calendar	Same / Next day if after Same_Day
Freetime IMO	Days 7	Calendar / Working Calendar	Same / Next day if after Same_Day
Freetime OTHER	Days 7	Calendar / Working Calendar	Same / Next day if after Same_Day

Standard rates applicable after free time*

	Days	Rate for 20 DRY	Rate for 40/45 DRY / Rate for 40 REEF	Rate for 20' Flat & Open Top	Rate for 40' Flat & Open Top
PABLB Storage	Days 8 Days Thereafter	Rate for 20 DRY USD 22	Rate for 40/45 DRY / Rate for 40 REEF USD 43	Rate for 20' Flat & Open Top USD 22	Rate for 40' Flat & Open Top USD 43
PAMAN Storage	Days 8 Days Thereafter	Rate for 20 DRY USD 25	Rate for 40/45 DRY / Rate for 40 REEF USD 50	Rate for 20' Flat & Open Top USD 25	Rate for 40' Flat & Open Top USD 50
Detention	Days 8 Days Thereafter	Rate for 20 DRY USD 60	Rate for 40/45 DRY / Rate for 40 REEF USD 60	Rate for 20' Flat & Open Top USD 60	Rate for 40' Flat & Open Top USD 60

Bookings

For container reservation booking form must be filled out with complete information. Use form from our booking service in the *website or desktop solution tool to save valuable time and receive faster response.

Shipping instructions

Complete information needs to be filled out in shipping instructions form. For a faster shipping instruction creation you can use our *website or desktop solution tool.

Original shipping instructions are subject to clauses for reefer and hazardous cargo type.

Special cargoes

OOG, B/B and IMO cargo are subject to standard Maersk Line approval procedures. For these cargo types shippers must send shipping instructions and gate in containers to port at least three hours ahead of cutoffs. For cutoffs information refer to service cutoffs.