06 Apr 2016 / Suez Canal, Egypt
The Suez Canal Authority has decided that container ships coming from Port of New York and its southern ports heading to South East Asian ports (port of Port Kelang and its eastern ports) shall be granted a reduction of 30% (thirty percent) of the Suez Canal normal tolls.
Conditions:
1) Any company wishing to benefit has to submit a request before sailing through its shipping agency
2) The vessel must not call any port in between aforementioned two areas provided that vessel’s operator forward a formal declaration about that.
3) Submitting a certificate from the past port of origin stating the date of sailing and a certificate from the first port or arrival stating date of arrival within sixty days from the date of Canal transit.
4) A statement submitted by vessel’s agency undertaking to pay the granted reduction in case of calling in between the aforementioned tow areas, or failing to submit the documents during the period stated above.
This circular takes effect as an experimental period, for 90 days (ends on June 5, 2016) to be renewed.
(For information about operations in the Suez Canal contact GAC Egypt at [email protected])
Source: Suez Canal Authority Circular 1/2016
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