06 Jun 2016 / Suez Canal, Egypt
To meet the desire of ship owners and operators using the Suez Canal and to encourage more ships to transit the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Authority has decided the following:
Container ships coming from port of Norfolk and its northern ports heading to the ports of (Port Kelang and its eastern ports) shall be granted a reduction of 45% of the Suez Canal normal tolls.
Container ships coming from ports south of port of Norfolk heading to:
a) Ports of Port Kelang and its eastern ports shall be granted reduction of 65% of the Suez Canal normal tolls.
b) Ports of Colombo and its eastern ports located just up to port of Port Kelang shall be granted reduction of 55% of Suez Canal normal tolls.
Any company wishing to benefit from this circular has to submit a request before sailing through its shipping agency.
The ship must not call any port in between port of origin and port of destination for commercial purposes provided that ship’s operator must forward a formal declaration about that.
In case of calling at in-between ports for non-commercial purposes, the authorities of these ports have to submit a certificate to the SCA, stating the reasons of calling.
Submitting a certificate from the last port of origin stating the date of sailing and a certificate from the first port of arrival stating date of arrival within sixty days from the date of the Canal transit.
A statement submitted by ship’s agency undertaking to pay the granted reduction in case of calling in between ports for commercial purposes, or failing to submit the documents during the period stated above.
Circular No.1/2016 shall be cancelled.
This circular rakes effect as for vessels sailing from port of origin as of June 6, 2016, as an experimental period, for 90 days (ends on September 3, 2016) to be renewed.
(For information about operations in the Suez Canal contact GAC Egypt at [email protected])
Source: Suez Canal Authority Circular 2/2016
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