WEC - vessel delay surcharge for Mombasa

In order to get compensation for the time that is lost in Mombasa caused by berthing and working delays in the port, we are forced to implement a Vessel Delay Surcharge (VDS).

Please note that for all shipments on or after the 1^st of February 2012  (Bill of lading / Sailing date from POO/POL!!!! ) a VDS of USD 150/Teu will have to be collected.

This is only applicable on Mombasa imports and transit cargo via Mombasa!

Tarros - Turkish Advanced Manifest

We would like to inform you that new customs requirement, which is called Turkish Advanced Manifest and similar to Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) rules of EU, will take effect in Turkey as of 01/01/2012.
The mentioned declaration will be required for all of shipments from any country to Turkey including the containers to be transhipped at Turkish ports.

Turkish Advanced Manifest concerning Short Sea Port of Loading as follows:

- Black Sea and Mediterranean territories are considered under Short Sea and the required declaration has to be executed at least 2 hours before vessel’s arrival at first Turkish port in schedule.

Along with this new requirement, some additional information will be mandatory to be mentioned on bills of lading. Hence, shipping instructions must read the following details as well:

Cargoes to Turkey:
- Full description of commodity/commodities
- First 6 digit of Harmonized code/codes of subject commodities
- Tax ID Number of the Consignee and Notify party/parties.

Cargoes via Turkey (transhipment via Turkish ports):
- Full description of commodity/commodities
- First 6 digit of Harmonized code/codes of subject commodities.

In addition to above, there will be more restrictions regarding customer details that will be shown on bill of lading.
- In case of TO ORDER B/L, Tax ID number of notify party/parties must be indicated,
- Cargo description must be indicated clearly item by item,
- Harmonized codes must be indicated item by item.

These information must be required to shippers/forwarders of shippers and is compulsory to indicate the required details on Bills of Lading and Manifest of Cargo.
There will be no grace period and we are looking for apply below mentioned tariff for shipments destinated to Turkey,
- USD 25 per BL
- EUR 19 per BL

If any custom penalty is imposed by Turkish Customs Authority due to missing or wrong declaration, penalty amount will be reflected to the party having fault.

W.E.C. - East African service

In order to create a more stable connection for the East African imports, following changes have been made in the services moving cargo to East Africa:

·         East Africa – South Africa service – reduction of capacity to 3 vessels only

·         East Africa – Salalah service – increase of the capacity to 6 vessels

On top of the increase of capacity on the SLL – EA trade, we will continue to make dedicated calls to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa which results in the following theory:

·         3 vessels available to cover – SLL – MBA – SLL leg

·         3 vessels available to cover – SLL – DAR – SLL leg

·         This should result in 3 to 4 sailings a month to each port

Congestion in both Dar es Salaam and Mombasa will continue to have an effect on the turn-around-time of the vessels but at least through the split one port will not suffer from the other.

Indications given on the a.m. in the latest schedule for this service are indicating the same.

As a consequence of this change of capacity and dedicated calls in EA, we would like to inform you that as from the following sailing from NWC all cargo bound for DAR/MBA will move via SLL (and no  exceptions via Coega):

MV Pucon voy. IP1205A

·         ETA RTM – 01-02-2012

·         ETA ANR – 03-02-2012

·         ETA FLX – 05-02-2012

W.E.C. - Port Qasim GRI

WEC Lines will apply a general rate increase for all cargo that is moving from Port Qasim to/via NWC/MED ports. In order to maintain the service at the required levels, we will be forced to apply the following GRI as from 1^st of February 2012: Usd 200/teu

Grimaldi - Bunker surcharges February 2012