Shipping to and from Brazil

Dangerous Cargo (IMO) shipments - Procedures:

Booking confirmation is only a pre-approval. For the final approval, it’s mandatory to send the following documents 24 hours before the S.I. Cut-off.
Documents must be signed by shipper and sent in one single PDF file to customerservice@sealandmaersk.com and DGDAMR@sealandmaersk.com.

For shipments with origin Rio Grande, besides sending via email, it’s mandatory to deliver original documents in our local representative (Oceanus Agência Marítima)

• MDGF (Multimodal Dangerous Good Form) in English

• MSDS in English
• FISPQ (Ficha de Informação de Produto Químico) in Portuguese
• Emergency Chart (Anexo VIII da NR 29) in Portuguese
• Declaração de Mercadorias Perigosas (Anexo VII da NR 29) in Portuguese
• Tank inspection certificate (in cases that container type is Isotank)

We reinforce that whenever there’s vessel change in your booking, documents must be sent with the updated vessel name.

Out-of-Gauge cargo (OOG) shipments – Procedures:

Booking confirmation is only a pre-approval. For the final approval, it’s mandatory to send the original Lashing Certificate to our local representative (Oceanus Agencia Maritima) and send it via email to  customerservice@sealandmaersk.com.

Deadlines extension:

Send your request to prontificacao@sealandmaersk.com at least 2 hours before original deadline with the following information:

• Booking number
• Container Number
• Port of Origin
• Vessel / Voyage
• Date / time that you need to extend the cut off

Instructions and tips on the sending of SI ( Shipping Instruction = Draft )
Shipping Instruction can be sent via Inttra or via our website. You can find the instructions to send SI at our support pages.
Shipping Instructions sent after SI cut off are subject to Late Documentation Fee (BRL 420,00)

Mandatory information on Shipping Instruction:

• Brazilian Shipper (CNPJ – Tax Reference must be mentioned + email + telephone on the same field)
  Consignee (Tax Reference must be mentioned + email + telephone)
• DDE/SD*
• Cargo description** and NCM (Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul): It must be informed on the following format: NCM:XXXXXXX
• CBM
• Cargo weight (in Kilograms)
• Container number***
• Container seal
• Freight condition and payment terms (CY/CY - prepaid/collect, etc)
• Payer of freight / origin charges / destination charges

SI's must be sent without special characters, as our system does not recognize them.

* For merchandises under special regimen of Customs Clearance, this information will have to be enclosed later via BL Amendment
** It is essential that SI's is sent in English. Descriptions sent in other languages alone will be rejected.
*** We don’t accept amendment for Container Number. In case the information received on first SI sent is wrong, the file will be rejected and it will be necessary a new Shipping Instruction submission. The new Shipping Instruction will be subject to Late Documentation Fee

Instructions and cost for BL amendment:

BL amenment can only be submitted via our website.

• COD with the same country of the POD its not necessary LOI (if there is no Consignee change)
• COD - If country of the POD was changed, then request LOI
• Amendments involving Shipper change (except for small changes that will not change CNPJ nor name), Split or Combine reject and send DCC requesting LOI if vessel already left. In case vessel didn't departure yet we just change

Possible scenario I

• After vessel sailing (left as from ETD - 1st day), amendments involving DUE,RUC, MRUC, CNPJ, NCM, weight, quantity of packages, CBM, container, consignee, seal, freight mean of payment or charges, then reject and send DCC to the costumer. In thic case LOI and BRL 900 (amendment fee) will be requested to the Customer.

Possible scenario II

• After vessel sailing (left as from ETD - 1st day) and also (left as from ETD 7st day) amendments
• involving adress, punctuation, graphic accentuation, notify. (Minor changes in the Cargo description) DCC should be sent, charge BRL 450, it not necessary request LOI to the customer.
• Split or combine only after prontificacao@sealandmaersk.com approval.
• Other changes can be processed and charged if vessel has already sailed.

Transport certificate (CER) - BRL 350 por BL

Routing and weight:

For general information of routing guidelines or weight and measurement restrictions please check it with our Customer Service Department.

Hazardous

Some hazardous cargo must have previous authorization from port authorities. Please check it with our customer service department -  customerservice@sealandmaersk.com.

Explosives and army cases

Specifically for explosives/army cases, customers need to send us 48 hours prior ETD/ETA the Traffic Guide to customerservice@sealandmaersk.com, once it is a requirement in PSP (Porto sem Papel).

Receipt / Delivery

• Receipt acceptance from port areas only in Brazil.
• No CFS accepted.

Our setup in Brazil consist of two elements: Demurrage and Detention.

This means you will have separate free time and compensation for utilization of equipment outside

(Detention) of terminals or depots.

Effective March 01, 2023 our tariff charges are:

Free time

Detention tariff per day after free time

Notes:

Regarding export operations, in the event of cancellation or withdrawal of the operation/shipment, no free time period shall be granted, and the Merchant shall bear all detention rates, from the date the container (s) was (were) received, until the actual return of the container (s) in the Depot Terminal indicated by Carrier or its agent.

In addition, it will be applied cancellation fee of BRL 200 per container. Full Demurrage and detention conditions/tariffs registered in the Documents Registry Notary Office in the city of Santos, under number 732.744 Demurrage and Detention deals are based on the Price Calculation Date of your shipments.

Shipper assumes before the shipowner the contractual and legal duty to export/ship their cargo to a Consignee who has real interest and conditions in acquiring/receiving the imported cargo, promoting its effective removal at the destination, with the fulfillment of all obligations inherent to this act. If the cargo is abandoned at its destination or if it is not removed by the Consignee for any reason, the Shipper will be jointly and severally liable, together with the Consignee, for all amounts, cost, expense, damage or loss that carrier may suffer as a result of this situation.