Tanzania
Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidator and De-Consolidators Fees) Order, 2023
Government Notice 268 of 2023
- Published in Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania 11 on 31 March 2023
- Assented to on 13 March 2023
- Commenced on 14 April 2023
- [This is the version of this document from 31 March 2023.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions
1. Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidator and De-Consolidators Fees) Order, 2023 and shall become effective fourteen days after publication.2. Application
This Order applies to the licensed cargo consolidator and de-consolidator.3. Interpretation
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:“house bill of lading” means a document of shipment of specified consignment issued by a cargo consolidator to an actual shipper reflecting a master bill of lading in relation to an individual consignment of groupage or consolidated cargo with details of cargo weight, measurement, description of cargo and quantity, name of consignor and consignee, name of the ship, port of loading and discharge and bill of lading members;[GN. No. 337 of 2018]“handing over order” means a document issued by a cargo de-consolidator, on behalf of a consolidator, to a named party approving a terminal operator or dry port to undertake physical delivery of cargo under a specified house bill of lading to the named party;“consignee” means the party to whom goods a accepted for carriage on board a ship are addressed and that party is named as such in the house bill of lading;“shipper” means a consignor of cargo named in the bill of lading as the party responsible for initiating a shipment, and who is responsible for payment of freight cost or forming an agreement with the carrier on how the freight cost has to be paid; and“Act” means the Tanzania Shipping Agencies Act;[Cap. 415]“Corporation” means the Tanzania Shipping Agencies Corporation established under section 4 of the Act.“tariff” means a charge or price corresponding with terms and conditions applied by a regulated service provider;[GN. No. 7 of 2020]“cargo consolidation” means an aggregation of two or more consignments from one or more cargo owners into one consignment for carriage on board a ship, or into a full container load and may include the arrangement of activities of cargo receipt, storage, sorting, packing, packaging, wrapping, labelling and marking as may be necessary for aggregating the consignments;[GN. No. 337 of 2018]“cargo de-consolidation” means disaggregation of a consignment under a master bill of lading into two or more consignments in accordance with house bills of lading for delivery to individual cargo owners and may include an arrangement of activities of cargo storage, unpacking and sorting as may be necessary for disaggregation and handling over individual consignments to cargo owners; and“shipping agent” means a company engaged in providing shipping agency services for seaports in accordance with the Act.Part II – Applicable tariffs and terms
4. Approved tariff items
Approved cargo de-consolidation tariff items shall be:5. Approved capped charges
Capped charges for the approved cargo consolidation and de-consolidation tariff items shall be as setout in the Schedule to this Order.Part III – General provisions
6. Recovery of costs
Cargo de-consolidator may recover relevant costs paid to a shipping agent or an operator of a port terminal or inland clearance depot by apportioning proportionately the incurred costs among consignees in a respective bill of lading.7. Adherence to adminisative practices
Cargo consolidator or de-consolidator shall:8. Systems interface
A cargo consolidator and de-consolidator shall be required to:9. Expiry of handing over order
The Corporation shall prescribe the minimum period for the expiration of Handing Over Order issued by the cargo consolidator and de-consolidator in order to improve efficiency and secure the cargo clearance process.10. Revocation of Order No. SMA/02/2018
Order No. SMA/02/2018 on Cargo consolidation and De-consolidation Tariff is hereby revoked.History of this document
14 April 2023
Commenced
31 March 2023 this version
13 March 2023
Assented to