THE TANZANIA SHIPPING AGENCIES (CARGO CONSOLIDATORS AND DE-CONSOLIDATORS FEES) ORDER, 2023

1. This Order may be cited as the Tanzania (Cargo Consolidator and De- Shipping Agencies Consolidators Fees) Order, 2023 and shall become effective fourteen days after publication. Application

2.This Order applies to the licensed cargo consolidator and de-consolidator. Interpretation GN. No. 337 of 2018

3. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires: “house bill of lading” means a document of shipment of issued by a cargo specified consignment 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; “handing over order” means a document issued by a cargo a consolidator, to a named party approving a de-consolidator, behalf on of 1 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidators and De-Consolidators Fees) GN. NO. 268 (Contd.) Cap. 415 GN. No. 7 of 2020 GN. No. 337 of 2018 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; “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; “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 packing, packaging, wrapping, labelling and marking as may the consignments; aggregating necessary storage, sorting, receipt, for be “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 in seaports services for shipping agency accordance with the Act. 2 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidators and De-Consolidators Fees) GN. NO. 268 (Contd.) PART II APPLICABLE TARIFFS AND TERMS Approved tariff items

4. Approved cargo de-consolidation tariff items shall be: (a) handing over order fee; (b) de-consolidation fee; (c) motor vehicle handling charge; (d) consolidation fee; (e) cargo canvasing fee; and (f) other rates and charges as permitted in other relevant regulatory orders. Approved capped charges

5. 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 Recovery of costs Adherence to administrative practices

6. 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. Cargo consolidator or de-consolidator shall: (a) keep books of accounts and ensure they are timely audited; (b) issue invoices to consignees which clearly the number of total measurements per show, among others, consignees and container in cubic meters and weight; (c) display in a conspicuous place for the consignee to view applicable tariffs which do not exceed approved tariffs; (d) ensure the consignee’s right to see or view evidence of recovered costs paid to ship agents and terminal operators; (e) attach to the invoice issued to a consignee, 3 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidators and De-Consolidators Fees) GN. NO. 268 (Contd.) copies of invoices of relevant costs paid by the de-consolidator to shipping agents and terminal operators; and (f) ensure that any cost incurred by foreign consolidators at ports of loading or any transshipment ports, including any form of a rebate, is not recovered locally. Systems interface

8. A cargo consolidator and de-consolidator shall be required to: (a) deploy relevant information and communications systems to facilitate the issuance of electronic Delivery Order for the purposes of securing cargo in the delivery process; and (b) establish cargo connectivity de- of consolidation systems with the Tanzania Electronic Single Window System and where by necessary with Terminals to facilitate electronic transmission of Delivery Order. operated systems Expiry of handing over order

9. 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. Revocation of Order No. SMTRA/02/2018

10. Order No. SMTRA/02/2018 on Cargo consolidation and De-consolidation Tariff is hereby revoked. 4 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Cargo Consolidators and De-Consolidators Fees) GN. NO. 268 (Contd.) _________ SCHEDULE _________ (Made under paragraph 5) APPROVED CAPPED CHARGES Tariff Item Handing Over Order Fee De-Consolidation Fee Vehicle Handling Charge Consolidation Fee Cargo Canvasing Fee Unit Per House Bill of Lading Per House Bill of Lading Per House Bill of Lading Per House Bill of Lading Per Freight Tone Capped Charge USD 5 (VAT exclusive) USD 100 (VAT exclusive) USD 30 (VAT exclusive) USD 100 (VAT exclusive) USD 5 (VAT exclusive) Dar es Salaam, KAIMU ABDI MKEYENGE, 13th March, 2023 Director General 5