Shipping to and from Liberia

• Area : Northern West Africa
• Country : Liberia
• Direction : Export
• Free time : Calendar day basis (i.e. including week-ends and holidays)
• Currency : USD
• Invoiced : Per container, per day, as per container type

Export

Detention export

Free time 14 days for Dry Containers delivered to customer. Day of release (gate out empty) included, Saturday, Sunday and Publics holidays.

• + Monrovia: LRMLW

Free time:

Tariff after free time:

Rates

Customers can request rates online see » Rates handbook or fill the » Rate Request Form and email to (lavela.siefa@maersk.com)

Booking

Customers can make booking(s) online see » Online Booking handbook or send Email to (lr.export@maersk.com) for your booking(s). Once booking(s) has been confirmed, a release letter would be issued to customer to obtain containers from the container yard in the port.

Bill of Lading details

Once containers have been stuffed and returned full to the container yards, customers can submit shipping instruction(s) online see » Online Documentation handbook or fill the standard » shipping instruction template and send to (lr.export@maersk.com)

NOTE: Only registered customers can request rate(s), make booking(s) and/or submit shipping(s) instructions online. If you are not registered and would like to, please visit our website » Maersk and click on 'Register' (at the top right corner of the page).

Invoicing/Documents release

Once vessel has sailed/released and cargo is on board*, if local and/or freight charges settled, b/l can be released to shipper**

*There is a possibility of 'RECEIVED' b/l issuance

**Only at shipper demand can Obl/s be kept at our side or simply not issued, and a telex release sent to destination enabling consignee take possession of goods without presentation of Obl/s.

Weight restrictions

The maximum safe working load (SWL) acceptable for Liberia is 28 metric tons net.

Equipments

45 ft containers are now accepted.
Reefer container exports are now accepted

Special cargos

Out of gauge (OOG), break bulk(B/B) and IMO cargo are subject to the standard Maersk approval procedures.

Bill of lading restrictions

As part of the U.S Customs 24 Hour Rule regulations, ' To the order of ' bills of lading are not accepted for shipments destined to the U.S or routed via U.S. Customs in U.S also does not accept commodity descriptions ' Freight all kinds' and General merchandise' nor the package type ' pallets'.

Export restricted goods

The following commodities are banned from export:

• Unprocessed rubber latex and rubber lumps
• Wild life animals classified as endangered species and their products e.g. elephant, monkey, zebra etc.
• For timber export, appropriate documentation needs to be provided e.g. Clearance and export permit from the Forestry Development Agency (FDA), SGS certificate etc
• The exportation of Rose Timber out of Liberia is banned