Shipping to and from Venezuela

Our setup in Venezuela consists of Combined Demurrage & 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 & Detention.

Effective January 1st , 2019 our tariff charges will be:

Free time

Note 1: NOR’s are considered under Reefer Freetime (7 Days).

Tariff after free time

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

Mandatory for Customs

Venezuela doesn't accept any collect charges since 2003 due to foreign currency control.

No Split allowed, Seaway bills, Non-Signature BL, Dummy BL, Telex Release and containers without documentation are not acceptable.

Type of document: SWB / Express release / Telex release: They are not accepted. The Bill of lading must be printed to be able to clear customs.

Original BL printing: There are not extra fees for the BL printing by the offices of our port operator or Sealand office.

Import manifest: Is submitted 48 hours before vessel arrival to the Venezuelan port.

By law we only have 24 hours after the arrival of the vessel to modify the import manifest.

Registros SIDUNEA: The Import manifest number of each voyage and import yard is published through the link: Sidunea Register

Changes to the BL: All BL amendments after the submission of the import manifest must be requested via email to ve.import@maersk.com.

Commodities restriction for import cargo:

• Used clothes and shoes
• Import of 5-year-old vehicles
• Used tires.

Shipment Parties restrictions

To order consignees: We don’t accept this kind of consignee.

Consignee: Must be Venezuelan companies.

Freight Charges: We don’t accept collect charges, all must be prepaid by the shipper.

For Inland service coordination please contact: ve.import@maersk.com.