Cost Of Shipping A Container To Liberia

It’s best to visit or check Liberia’s official website if you’re exporting products there. Doing this saves you time and money by preventing you from packaging things that might cause a delay or increase shipping expenses.

To give you a clearer understanding of what you can’t bring to Liberia, here are some examples:

● Acids
● Batteries, Haz
● Bearer Documents
● Bio Products, Haz and Non-Haz
● Communications equipment
● Computer components & parts
● Corrosives
● Cosmetics, Haz
● Credit cards (NI)
● Flammables
● Ice, Blue
● Ice, Dry
● Ice, Wet
● Infectious Substances
● Magnetized Materials
● Oxidizers
● Phones/modems
● Poisons
● Soil
● Telecommunications equipment

You do not need to be around for the delivery. You may always contract someone to supervise the whole thing for you. Although, it’s still a good idea to be there when the container is delivered so that it may be put in a convenient location for you.

If you’re not available on the delivery day, the transport team will place your container in the most convenient area and adhere to your contract’s instructions/requests.

It’s a good idea to read up Liberia’s goods import rules to see what papers are required. Failing to submit the required documentation may cause substantial delays, and your shipment may be unable to depart the port of origin altogether.

Begin gathering the documents listed below to ensure that your shipments arrive on time. The following files are generally necessary for shipping to another country:

● Commercial and Proforma Invoices
● Bills of Lading
● Packing List
● Shipper’s Letter of Instructions (SLI)
● Automated Export System (AES) Filing
● Certificate of Origin (CO)
● Incoterms
● Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
● Operational Instructions
● Shipping Under a Letter of Credit

It’s simple to keep track of a container. All you need is the container number, document number, or booking number, as well as the shipping company that transported it. You may get this information by looking at your bill of lading.

If you know the container number, however, that is usually all the information you need to monitor your shipment. Input this number to the tracking system on the shipping company’s website.

A bill of lading is necessary when shipping freight. The bill of lading (BOL) serves as a freight receipt, a contract between a freight carrier and a shipper, and a title document. The bill of lading is a legal document that gives the driver and carrier all of the information they need to properly handle and charge the transportation of goods.

If an importer loses BL, just ask the shipper or exporter how many negotiable and non-negotiable BLs they have on hand. If additional BL is available, you can ask them to send it to you. However, if the cargo has already arrived at its destination, you may be required to pay demurrage or detention fees to hold the items at the destination port warehouse. A shipper can request that the shipping line/forwarder re-issue the BL, or in an emergency, he can request that the shipping line/forwarder surrender it to the Importer at the destination, which I believe is possible with some formalities.

If you would request a new BL, the shipping company may require some of the following documentation:

● A written statement of loss
● Packing list
● Cargo commercial invoice
● Bank guarantee

It generally takes less than 24 hours to clear customs. However, this time frame depends on Liberian laws. Also, if some of the required paperwork is missing, it might take days or weeks for your shipment to clear customs.

Shipping containers are not waterproof, but they are water-resistant in the sense that they will keep out typical weather and rain/snow/precipitation for the most part. However, if the containers are immersed, they will leak, and if they are flooded, they will leak as well.

Vents are installed in the long sides of the majority of ISO shipping containers, allowing for ventilation and reducing the risk of condensation build-up. Before they leave our yard, all of our storage containers are examined to verify that they are weatherproof and leak-free. They also feature ventilation, with each container having at least two vents.

Condensation is considerably less likely to occur in new shipping containers than it is in old shipping containers. It is beneficial to have extra ventilation placed along the top frame on opposing sides of the unit to allow for cross-ventilation in order to greatly decrease or eliminate the possibility of condensation.