News Archive 2008

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT EFFECTIVE MARCH 31, 2008, WE AS CARRIER WE MUST SUBMIT ALL FINAL BILLS OF LADING TO BRAZILIAN AGENTS NO LATER THAN 72 HOURS BEFORE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL AT FIRST PORT OF DISCHARGE. THIS IS A MANDATORY PROCEDURE, APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPMENTS  INBOUND, OUTBOUND, TRANSSHIPMENTS AND IN-TRANSIT CARGOES. 

MERCHANT/SHIPPER IS REQUIRED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON BILLS OF LADING MASTERS PRESENTED TO THE CARRIER:

• Full address and contact information of Shipper/Consignee (Mandatory)
• Freight conditions and payment terms (Prepaid-Collect, Etc.)
• Containerized Shipments – Actual cargo gross weight, (without the container), measurement in cubic meters and type of packaging of  product, i.e. bags, pallet, big bags, etc.  
• Break-Bulk Shipments – Cargo gross weight, measurement in cubic meters and type of packaging of product, i.e. bags, big bags, pallet,  crate, bundle, etc.
• CNPJ (the tax ID number of the legal entity) or CPF (in the case of an individual), of the shipper/consignee, which must be a registered and active user in the customs system
• NCM—Nomenclatura Comun do Mercosul which is the harmonized code for Mercosul—for each cargo. The NCM is composed of eight digits but only the first four digits will be required. In case when the cargo involves more than one NCM number, all must be supplied. (FAK and GDSM are not allowed as a cargo description - no need if cargo is to other destination in transit in Brazil.)

IMPORTANT
Bills of lading consigned “TO ORDER” are accepted but full address, contact information and the CNPJ (tax ID number of the legal entity) of the final consignee must be provided to BBC at least 5 working days before the estimated time of vessel’s arrival at the first Brazilian port of call. Once received, the information in the SISCARGA system must be updated. Non-compliance with this requirement will result in an automatic blocking of the cargo by customs and possible delays in its clearance.

Correction of Documentation for cargo to/via Brazil

a. Correction ca be accepted by Brazilian customs until 2 working days (48 working hours) before vessel arrival at the first Brazilian Port.  After that deadline the cargo can be discharged to bonded warehouse, however delay, extra costs and heavy fines for customer will be unavoidable.
b. Corrections of the freight & charges must be followed by notarization & stamp.
c. If the consignee is manifested as NVOCC or “To order (of XXX)”, change/correction of consignee is not allowed.

Eletronic Manifest (All Export Cargoes to be Loaded) 18 working hours before vessel sailing of a brazilian port.

Late filing of documentation is subject to a fine, (estimated to be about US$3,000.00 per Bill of Lading). These charges will be per B/L and for Merchant / Shipper’s account. 

If you have any doubt please contact your loading port or our focal point of siscarga system in Brazil:
Mr. Daniel Fernandes  - daniel.fernandes(at)bbc-chartering.com
Phone +55 11 5542 7446

Please take this announcement as a onetime only, written notice.
We thank you before hand for your cooperation and continued support.

Respectfully,
BBC Chartering

• “BBC Andino Express Line European Service” - Europe to West Coast South America
• “BBC Americana Line European Service” - Europe to East Coast South America

The steady growing demand for a regular Service from Europe to South America for breakbulk and project cargo strengthen our trust in expanding our successful Liner Setup by offering monthly sailings from Northern Europe.

Therefore we are proud to announce two new liner services expanding the existing Americana and Andino Line. With this setup we are complementing our engagement in Europe and South America. As result we expect an increase of performance through combining the steady sailings of a liner service with the flexibility of our tramp fleet!

The setup contains one regular sailing per month and service (East Coast and West Coast) with performing tonnage following booking demands; availability from 7,000 dwat up to 12,000 dwat and lifting capacity up to 500 mts.

More than 140 vessels give us the flexibility to cover special or additional requests within the liner setup.

Bookings and port operations are handled by a network of high experienced liner agencies close to local markets and customer demands. Through this we assure proficient and reliable handling even on highly sensitive and just-in-time cargos.

Within the last 10 years we distinguished ourselves as reliable partner to industries and forwarders. The range of our customers includes small size companies as well as global players from any world region. The demand is the same; the highest professionalism, reliability, efficiency and performance.