Shipping to and from Benin

Your complete guide to shipping to and from Benin. Find the right route, get Maersk office locations, discover local solutions, payment options and more.

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Get up-to-date local information about export procedures and restrictions, demurrage and detention, container pick-ups and more.

Demurrage Calculation starts from gate-out date till full loading.

Free time:

Type	DRY	Flat and Open top	REEF
Type Days	DRY 21	Flat and Open top 21	REEF 21

Tariff after free time:

Days after free time expiration	20’ DRY	40’ / 40’HC	45’ DRY
Days after free time expiration Day 1 - 10	20’ DRY 7,210	40’ / 40’HC 14,420	45’ DRY 14,420
Days after free time expiration Day 11 Onwards	20’ DRY 13,390	40’ / 40’HC 26,780	45’ DRY 26,780

Days after free time expiration	Flat and Open top 20’	Flat and Open top 40’	20’ REEF	40’ REEF
Days after free time expiration Day 1 - 10	Flat and Open top 20’ 7,210	Flat and Open top 40’ 14,420	20’ REEF 7,210	40’ REEF 14,420
Days after free time expiration Day 11 Onwards	Flat and Open top 20’ 13,390	Flat and Open top 40’ 26,780	20’ REEF 13,390	40’ REEF 26,780

A. Submit shipping instructions

Five step wizard is introduced to make sending shipping instructions easier.

Automatic copy of data for multiple containers avoids re-typing. Selection of parties is optimized by enabling of recent parties used. Charges are displayed to specify payment terms by group or separately with detailed breakdown. Indicative preview of final document is presented to check if everything is entered correctly.

B. Documentation overview

Documentation Overview has separate views designed to help you manage your documentation through the process from submit shipping instructions, to approve or amend verify copies , and finally for those shipments ready for print. Maersk also has a view called "Awaiting Maersk" that shows all your shipments with Maersk, the action that is pending and the expectation as to when Maersk will have it complete.

C. Shipment binder - Every detail of a shipment located in a single place!

Search for a single shipment, bill number or container number to find all the relevant shipment details including booking and documentation details, container information, transport plan, price information, and links to related documents. The shipment binder also contains all relevant actions related to the shipment lifecycle.

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