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Conditions for Discharging on Angolan Ports

Registration

• Max draft for Luanda e Lobito ports are 9, 5 mts. For  Namibe is 10,5 (berthing in high tides).  No other restrictions.

Delays

• Luanda is normaly congested ( average delay  2 days )
• Lobito and Namibe are normally available.

Discharging rates

Luanda - Each terminal has 2 shore cranes

• Discharging rate - 750 MT/ day- to trucks alongside. Working  hours:  07H30/17H30  (1/2s ,s,excluded).
• If the receiver works during the night is normally possible discharge more 450MT, what makes a total day about 1.200 Mt/day. It's possible work s/s/h as extra hours.

Lobito - Discharging rate 750 MT a dat per wagon or truck. Working hours are 08H00/24H00. (1/2s,s,h excluded).

• First day operations steverdores stop at 20H00. It's possible work s/s/h as  extra hours

Namibe- Discharging rate - 400 MT/ day- to trucks alongside. Working  hours:  08H30/20H00  (1/2s ,s,excluded).
In Namibe is not possible to work s/h

• The mentioned figures above are depending on others facts as follows:

The capacity of trucks company. It means if there are enough trucks to assist the operation of discharge and not obliged stops operations for missing trucks. The company trucks also have influence in the rate of loading. The localization of  Warehouses receivers - means that some receivers have  warehouses in some dangerous places that obliged not moving trucks to there between some critical hours. The quality and numbers of receivers warehouses- means that that if vessel discharge quickly that the capacity of receivers, sure that in a minute will come a trucks congestion  at receivers house and the trucks begins missing alongside vessel. The shore equipment has normally more than 30 year old, what means that some stops for damages are frequently. So is important ship crane capacity.

Documents

The Agent needs the following documents:

• Cargo manifest;
• Cargo  plan; and ship particulars
• Copy of the B/L's.

The receivers needs in advance the following documents, so the custom clearance and the payments can be done in advanced, before vessel's arrival:

• Original B/L
• Certificates of origin, quantity and quality and phitosanitary
• C.R.F( cleaning find info report) by BIVAC
• CNC waiver. (Angola  Shippers Council)

For more information visit: http://www.orey.com/angola/english/portsangola.asp

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