Shipping to and from Brazil

Siscarga Implementation

Siscarga is the new automated system for Brazilian Customs and its implementation has the objective of controlling the entrance and exit of vessels on bonded ports, foreign cargo for imports, exports or in transit and empty containers transported by sea, since its manifest up to its delivery to the importer or exit of bonded territory, as well as plan customs inspection prior to cargo arrival, through risk analysis over informed data. 

IMO

Sticking to Brazil’s legislation (ANTAQ RES 2239 15/09/2011) that requires below listed documents for IMO Cargo, as from February 01st , 2016 Sealand - A Maersk Company will require below dangerous cargo documents at origin for all bookings with destination Brazil.

1. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
2. Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form (MDGF)

The content you provide will remain the same as today, you just need to populate in the attached form(Form to be filled).

Remarks (items B,C and D)
In case that customs’ deadline has expired, to amend Consignee, customer will be exposed to fine of BRL 5,000.
Fill the below form attached (Form to be filled) + BRL 700,00 (amendment cost)

MSDS form, will be required for all IMO bookings.

This requirement is in force by law and Sealand - A Maersk Company along with other carriers want to follow all legal requirements. Valid for all bookings requested as from February 1st, 2016. Dangerous cargo bookings without necessary documentation at origin will not be loaded.

BL clause - Documentation:

The manifests must state weight in kilos.

Received for Shipment is not accepted by any Brazilian port by the local authorities. Please do not use it.

Inland:

It is acceptable but 25% tax apply on all charges (including inland). Any doubt please contact our customer service department.

NCM (harmonized cargo code):

Mandatory information in all import BLs. NCM number must be inserted on cargo description field.

1. CNEE must be a Brazilian Company with full address, telephone number and e-mail address; We do not accept shipments with a person as Consignee.
2. If the cnee is "To the order", First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code, telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
3. If the cnee is "To Order of a Bank " or "In name of a Bank ", CNPJ of the bank will be required as Mandatory and also the First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code,telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
4. If the Cnee is "To the order of a foreign Bank", the First Notify information must be updated with a Brazilian company, including all details (address, phone, zip code, telephone number and e-mail address and Complete company name)
5. Foreign Consignee is not allowed
6. No personal effect shipments accepted.

Freight and Charges:

Date of issuance of the original BL:

The same date must appear in the printed copy at final destination.

Freight as per agreement:

It is not acceptable.

Cargo House / Pier (CFS):

It is not accepted.

Cargo from Uruguay or Argentina with final destination Brazil:

It is a must to use the Aliança flag's BL. Sealand is no longer doing such kind of transport. Aliança is our Brazilian flag available for that.

Our setup in Brazil 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 including compensation for utilizing the port, terminal or depot facilities, referred to as Combined Demurrage & Detention.

Effective January 1st, 2018 our tariff charges will be:

Free time

Note 1: NOR same as DRY
Note 2: To BRMAO – Manaus, we apply 15 DAYS free time.
Note 3: Codfish has 25 days free time.
Note 4: running days, including Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
Note 5: 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.
Note 6: Note that the demurrage and detention conditions shall not apply if the booking/shipment was placed under Sealand Spot (instant rate/booking system) which shall supersede any separately agreed terms. In case of doubts, please check with the Shipper or local agents the modality of booking/shipment that was hired.
Note 7: Charges shown are per day not for full interval period

Tariff after free time

For details on per diem charge for Export and Import Detention for Spot cargo please reference download free_time_offer_for_Sealand_SPOT.xlsx . This is the same information available when searching a Spot rate at time of booking, offers within are subject to change.

“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.”