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Indirect Services
- Pilotage
Service provided
to captains of ships or floating vessels in order to facilitate port entry and
departure or any manoeuvres necessary within the Port or the geographical boundary
of the pilotage area in safe conditions all in accordance with the State Ports
and Merchant Marine Act and General Pilotage Regulations.
- Towage
Port service, known as towage, intended to aid vessel movements. This is
done by way of another vessel, the tug boat, at the request of the towed vessel.
The tug boat provides its motor force or, if necessary, accompanies the vessel
within port waters.
- Mooring
Port service provided to pick up the ship's mooring ropes and secure them
to the fixed elements meant for this purpose and indicated by the ship's captain
in the mooring area assigned by the Port Authority. This is done in such a way
to enable berthing and cast off operations, the alter being when the mooring ropes
are let loose following the captain's instructions.
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The
Shipping Agent
This is an individual or a legal entity acting
as an independent intermediary in the name of and on behalf of a ship owner. The
ship agent's main functions are:
- To provide services and attention
to the vessel and the crew.
- Arrange all necessary Customs
formalities for export or import clearance.
- To arrange administrative
and technical formalities relative to the vessel's scale in a particular port
on behalf of the ship owner.
- To issue, on behalf of the ship
owner and as depositary of the goods, the document known as ENTRÉGUESE (delivery
note) which the owner of the goods must have to be able to withdraw them from
the docks. This document is provided only on settlement of all the costs incurred
by the transport and handling of the goods.
- To settle payment
with the Port Authority, on behalf of the ship owner, of the tariffs accrued by
the ship's stay in the Port.
- The
Stevedore Company
This company is responsible for performing cargo
handling operations in the Port.
The main cargo handling operations are
the following:
For outgoing cargo: For incoming cargo:
- Unstowage
- Unloading
- Delivery
The stevedore company carries out other operations like: - Stuffing
and destuffing containers
- Cargo classification
- Horizontal
movements to position containers in inspection areas
- The Freight Forwarder
This is the individual or legal entity that coordinates goods transport in accordance
with the customer's requirements (importers/exporters).
To do so, he
contacts Ship Agents, Customs Brokers, transport companies (carriers) and, in
general, all service providers connected with goods transport activities.
To carry out his activities, the Freight Forwarder may have a network of
foreign agents so enabling him to extend his services accordingly.
The
freight forwarder may specialise in the transport of certain types of goods, the
means of transport he uses, the geographical areas he covers or the range of services
he provides.
His services may be used in any foreign trade operation
although his intervention is particularly recommended for: - Companies
which, because of the nature and/or volume of their imports or exports, do not
have a foreign trade department and prefer to contract third party services to
control operations and costs.
- Specific operations for which the
intervention of an expert is advisable because of their particular nature or complexity.
- Customs
Broker
This is the individual or legal entity authorised to carry
out in Customs the necessary clearance formalities of goods on behalf of a third
party in any of the following cases: import, export or transit.
Together
with the owner of the goods, the Customs Broker is the only legally authorised
agent that can: - Present the necessary documents in Customs for clearance
of the goods.
- To present the APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION of the
goods in Customs either on the latter's request or that of the owner of the goods.
- Be present during the physical inspection, as representative
of the owner of the goods.
- Process the various formalities and
deal with the requirements of the different Inspection Services.
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Settle duties, VAT and all other amounts due on behalf of the owner of the goods.
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