Shipping to and from Puerto Rico

Our setup in Puerto Rico consists of Combined Demurrage and Detention.

This means you will have one combined free time period and compensation for utilization of equipment inside and outside of terminals or depots, referred to as Combined Demurrage and Detention.

Combined Demurrage and Detention starts from Discharge Full (included), ends with gate-in Empty in depot.

Effective April 9th , 2018 our tariff charges will be:

Free time

Note 1: NOR’s are considered under Dry Freetime (9 days).

Tariff after free time

Note 2: NOR’s will be charged as Dry containers corresponding to size of equipment.

Standard free time - Imports

• Port / terminal Names : All Ports
• Valid from : 9 April 2019
• Charge type : Import - Combined D&D
• Transport mode : All transport modes
• Service mode : All service modes

Standard rates applicable after free time*

NOR's are considered under DRY freetime (9 days) and will have a chargeable amount equal to DRY cargo.

Mandatory for Customs

Switch BL: NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Radioactive type commodity restricted for import and export cargo.
Export cargo US Customs also does not accept the commodity descriptions 'Freight all kinds and General merchandise, or the package type 'PALLETS'.
Import cargo operational and/or manual split is not allowed in Puerto Rico as imposed by the local authorities. Any instance shall merit a corresponding potential penalty imposition.

• Consignee on the B/L must be register with Puerto Rico State Department, they must have a Social Security(Tax Id) and Merchant Registration Number with the local Excise Tax Office (Hacienda) Puerto Rico Treasury Department.

• As part of the US Customs 24 Hour Rule regulations, ‘To the order of’ Bills of Lading are not accepted for shipments destined to the U.S. or routed via U.S. ports.
• U.S. Customs also does not accept the commodity descriptions ‘Freight all kinds’, nor ‘General Merchandise (GDSM) or the package type ‘pallets’.