Shipping to and from Dominican Republic

Special customs requirements

• For cargo release, customer must present to DR Customs: 2 OBL's, commercial invoice and packing list and payment of the corresponding duties.
• All manifest must be translated in to Spanish.
• Special cargo: OOG and IMO cargo are subject to standard Sealand & Port Authorities approval procedures.

• Used Cars older than 5 years cannot be imported.
• All imports with freight collect payable in the DR must be authorized by Sealand’s Finance Department. 
• Seaway Bill NOT accepted for BCO customers. Only for forwarders (as they will present their House BL to customs) and the cargo which is declared as "In transit". TELEX RELEASE NOT ACCEPTED. 
• As a DR Custom’s requirement, only Sealand is allowed to handle In-Transit Cargo to Haiti. Cargo will be taken to Port-Au-Prince only.
  • Cargo in Transit to Haiti should not exceed 26 tons per container 
• General Weight Limit: 35 Tons max weight allowed at port including tare weight.

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.

Our setup in Dominican Republic 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 , 2017 our tariff charges will be: 

Free time

Note 1: NOR’s are considered under DRY Freetime (8 Days).

Tariff after free time

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