Shipping to and from Sierra Leone
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Export
Get up-to-date local information about export procedures and restrictions, demurrage and detention, container pick-ups and more.
Area :WAF
Country : Sierra Leone
Direction : Export
Effective Date :
Expiry Date :
Free time : Working Days (i.e. including week-ends and holidays)
Currency : USD
Invoiced : Per container, per day, as per container type
Export - Detention/Demurrage
Demurrage starts as from gate-in (full) to container loading minus free days and excludes Saturday, Sunday and Publics holidays
Freetown : Slfna
Free time
| Type | DRY | REEF |
|---|---|---|
|
Type
Days
|
DRY
10
|
REEF
10
|
Tariff after free time
| Days after free time expiration | 20’ DRY | 40’ DRY | 20’ REEF | 40’ REEF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Days after free time expiration
Day 11 – Day 15
|
20’ DRY
4
|
40’ DRY
8
|
20’ REEF
|
40’ REEF
|
|
Days after free time expiration
Day 16 - onwards
|
20’ DRY
8
|
40’ DRY
16
|
20’ REEF
|
40’ REEF
|
|
Days after free time expiration
Day 8 – Day 12
|
20’ DRY
|
40’ DRY
|
20’ REEF
7
|
40’ REEF
14
|
|
Days after free time expiration
Day 13 - onwards
|
20’ DRY
|
40’ DRY
|
20’ REEF
14
|
40’ REEF
28
|
1. Quotation
Following information to be provided by customer:- commodity/equipment
- port of loading/port of discharging
- Incoterm
- volume
- freight payment mode and place
- third party to pay, if any
- advise if any special routing
2. Booking
Following information to be provided by customer:- time of shipment
- shipper's full style details, same for forwarder
- issuance of booking note/empty delivery note to shipper
3. Bill of Lading details:
Once containers are returned full at yards, following information should be provided by shipper:- consignee full style details
- notify party
- container number
- seal number
- package list if necessary, including weight per item
4. 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, Obs'l can be kept at our side or simply not issed, and a telex release is to be sent enabling consignee to take possession of goods without presentation of Obs/l.
- No acceptance for logs, but timber may be exported if Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's written authorization is provided.
- All shipments of scrap must be accompanied by authoriazation and documentation from the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
As part of the US Customs 24 Hour Rule regulations, 'To the order of' bills of lading are not accepted for shipments destined to the US or routed via US ports.
US Customs does equally not accept the commodity descriptions 'Freight all kinds' and 'General merchandise', nor the package type 'pallets'.
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