Shipping to and from Latvia

Container release procedures

If your company is listed on bill of lading as notify party, Maersk will send a fax or e-mail with container arrival notice several days prior to the arrival of the container to Riga port.

Please note that arrival notices are distributed automatically. Maersk keeps track of undelivered arrival notices, however cannot guarantee that arrival notice is sent to actual consignee. For example, if your trading partner put himself as notify party in bill of lading, respectively he will receive arrival notice.

Upon container arrival to Riga port, please log.in to our website and request your delivery order, if you are acting as a consignee or an agent. Please contact our import customer service department by e-mail or by phone +371 67084940 in case of any difficulties.

In case of contacting customer service, please be ready to advise container or bill of lading number. Customer service will find out whether there are any charges to be paid and issue respective invoice. If bill of lading originals were released, you will be asked to surrender them.

The following set of documents is required to release the container:

• Sealand bill of lading originals (if originals were released);
• power of attorney for the person authorized to receive containers on behalf of the company;
• copy of payment order as a proof of payment;
• Local authorities may ask for additional documents.
• Upon container arrival to the port, customer has 0 or 5 standard free days to pick up his cargo, depending on container type. Days exceeding free time are subject to
• storage/demurrage charge.
• Carrier and merchant haulage

Carrier haulage - inland transport from the port to the place of delivery is provided by Sealand-A Maersk Company. Sealand- A Maersk Company's responsibility ends when cargo is unstuffed from container. Customer has 12 hours to empty the container.

Merchant haulage - inland transport from the port to the place of delivery is provided by third party agent or Transport Company. In this case Sealand - A Maersk Company's responsibility ends when container is loaded on third party's truck. Customer or his agent must return empty container within 10 days, depending on agreement. If container is returned later, container detention is applicable.

Import booking procedures

Freight rate (transportation price) must be agreed prior to any shipment. Please contact Sales with all freight requests. In your request, please indicate the following information:

• your company's name, contact person, telephone, fax or email
• commodity
• cargo pick-up point
• cargo delivery point
• container size and type
• special requirements, if any or your comments.

Any additional information about your future shipment is welcome. For dangerous cargo, please indicate full commodity name, IMO class and UN number. For temperature-controlled cargo, please advise required temperature and humidity.
Please note we can assist you only with FCL (full container load) shipments. Minimal tare size is 20-foot container.

Booking

Please place your booking by sending an email message to Sales. Alternatively you can use our website at www.sealandmaersk.com. Sending of bookings by EDI or desktop application can be discussed with Sales.
Booking must be in written form and contain the following information in order to be processed smoothly:

• container size, type and quantity
• contact person and phone number
• destination (delivery address is not required at this stage)
• any other information relevant to the shipment
• expected stuffing date

For import bookings, please allow 2 working days for pick-up coordination.
For dangerous cargo, please indicate full commodity name, IMO class, UN number.

Commodity

Non applicable

Weight and measurement

Maximum allowed cargo weight for road transportation must be checked upon request

Special cargoes

• Out of Gauge, Break Bulk and Dangerous cargo subject to standard Sealand approval procedures 

• IMO class 1 (except fireworks) and 7.1 not acceptable; acceptance of other dangerous and excise commodities is subject approval from Riga office (latsal@maersk.com)

• No shipment is allowed to enter Riga without proper manifest details. If no shipping information placed in time for updating Customs Authority with the information 48 hours before vessels arrival - the container will be returned for costs of the cargo

Storage

Storage - REEF

Combined demurrage and detention for CY (Container Yard) bookings

Combined demurrage and detention - REEF

Combined demurrage and detention for Store Door bookings or cargo moved on carrier haulage

DRY:

REEF

Note:

• Containers returned to depots differ from POD location will follow Detention (Combined Detention)
  tariff of location where empties dropped (subj to Drop off fee and OPS acceptance). Storage will
  remain unchanged based on POD location tariff;
• In case of COD, Demurrage and Detention will apply as per POD location tariff.